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1 day ago · Rumsfeld later served during Ford's presidency as his chief of staff in 1974, and was chosen by Ford to succeed James Schlesinger as United States Secretary of Defense in 1975.
2 days ago · Carter, a Democrat from Georgia, took office following his narrow victory over Republican incumbent president Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election. His presidency ended following his landslide defeat in the 1980 presidential election to Republican Ronald Reagan, after one term in office.
1 day ago · The historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., who campaigned with Galbraith in New Hampshire for McCarthy, switched his support to Kennedy, on the grounds that Kennedy was a far more electable candidate than the eccentric McCarthy, a man most people found to be too silly to be president.
4 hours ago · Jon Landau, who has died of cancer aged 63, was the film producer who enabled James Cameron to see through three of the most logistically complex and financially successful films of all time. With ...
5 days ago · The American flag, a symbol of national pride, has a rich and significant history. It has long stood for freedom, democracy and the pursuit of a more perfect union, embodying.
21 hours ago · Unbinding Poetic Lives. In describing his efforts toward Asian American literature, the Chinese American author and scholar Shawn Wong tells me, “We knew we couldn’t be writers unless we took the older generation with us.”. He recounts his efforts to interview the journalist and writer Hisaye Yamamoto, the fights he had with various ...
3 days ago · This valuable collection of materials from the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College tells the story of the fight for voting rights for women at the national, regional, and local levels. The papers of key national leaders like Julia Ward Howe, Anna Howard Shaw, and Matilda Gage are included.
