“Behold me at length on the vaunted scene of Europe! […] I find the general fate of humanity here, most deplorable. The truth of Voltaire's observation, offers itself perpetually, that every man here must be either the hammer or the anvil.”
— Thomas Jefferson, 1785
We speak with President Jefferson about his time spent in France.
She saw that there was no legitimate reason to exclude women from the revolutionary formula being bandied about by her famous husband and his male pals.
Something has happened that has never happened in the United States before: a woman has been nominated for president by one of the two major political parties.
“Behold me at length on the vaunted scene of Europe! […] I find the general fate of humanity here, most deplorable. The truth of Voltaire's observation, offers itself perpetually, that every man here must be either the hammer or the anvil.”
— Thomas Jefferson, 1785
We speak with President Jefferson about his time spent in France.
She saw that there was no legitimate reason to exclude women from the revolutionary formula being bandied about by her famous husband and his male pals.
"I had a canine appetite for reading."
— Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
This week, President Jefferson shares his views on reading fiction versus non-fiction and recommends works of fiction from his time.
Something has happened that has never happened in the United States before: a woman has been nominated for president by one of the two major political parties.