Comments on: FDL Book Salon Welcomes Philip Dray: Capitol Men

By: cinnamonape

cinnamonape — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:14:02 +0000

In South Africa the process was the reverse. White women received suffrage in 1930. It actually allowed the Afrikaaner parties to come to power and establish apartheid.

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:17:10 +0000

Thanks to the author and to our great hosts for this great discussion today.

Folks should buy this book. I think it would be especially valuable to young adults amid their own political awakening in the Obama movement. But even I, an oldster political activist and student of American history, learned a great deal from this book. It’s dense with information but its narrative makes it extremely accessible.

Please also try to remember to request it at your local library, as patron requests drive library acquisitions.

By: BooRadley

BooRadley — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:12:58 +0000

Terrific discussion, thanks very much.

I haven’t bought the book yet, but it’s definitely on my list.

By: Margot

Margot — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:08:06 +0000

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By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:04:01 +0000

Mahalo Nui Loa, to you; Ellen, Caryn and Philip! A great discussion and I(we) greatly appreciate your spent time here at the venerable Lake! *g*

Pls. don’t be strangers…! ;-)

By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:00:53 +0000

Wow, That’s a very poignant point…! 8-(

By: Ellen Fout

Ellen Fout — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:59:57 +0000

Thanks, Bev, for all your help coordinating this evening’s book salon. Philip, it has been a real pleasure to discuss your work this evening.

By: Philip Dray

Philip Dray — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:58:07 +0000

Yes that was a strange irony, and reminded many of the 1870s when the women were asked to wait. There was some bitterness expressed by the women at that time, along the lines of “ignorant black men” getting ahead in the line before “the daughters of jefferson and madison…”

By: BevW

BevW — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:57:43 +0000

As we come to the end of this great Book Salon,

Philip, Thank you for stopping by the lake and spending the afternoon discussing your new book.

Caryn,Ellen, Thank you for Hosting this Book Salon.

Everyone, this is a very good book, if you have not bought one yet, here is a link.

Thanks all.

By: CTuttle

CTuttle — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:57:16 +0000

Heh, That’s virtually an ‘Act of God’ as opposed to discrimination…! ;-)