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Lectures in History

First Ladies' Memoirs

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

History, Politics, News

4.1696 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Washington University in St. Louis professor Peter Kastor leads a discussion comparing several first ladies' memoirs from Sarah Polk to Michelle Obama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is American History TV's Lectures in History podcast.

1:04.8

This week, a class comparing several First Lady's memoirs, from Sarah Polk to Michelle Obama.

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It's taught by Peter Castor of Washington University.

1:10.8

Good afternoon, everybody. How are you all doing?

1:12.6

Great.

1:13.6

Glad to hear it.

1:15.6

So in previous weeks, of course, we've begun by talking about the election.

1:20.6

This is actually the first week in several weeks when there has not been a momentous change

1:26.6

in the presidential election in the previous 48 hours.

1:30.6

So I think we can get right down to work with the material we'll be discussing today.

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