Host Dr. Kimberly Crowley speaks with President Thomas Jefferson (as portrayed by humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson) about women in government.
Further Reading
- The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff
#1149 Presidents in Petticoats
Host Dr. Kimberly Crowley speaks with President Thomas Jefferson (as portrayed by humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson) about women in government.
"Paine refused to take proceeds from this book."
— Clay S. Jenkinson
This week, we present another of our Jefferson Hour Book Club episodes and discuss Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.
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.
"Oh my."
— Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by Clay S. Jenkinson
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.