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Amy Klobuchar
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Women Leaders: Building Bridges to Get the Job Done - Aug. 31, 2017
August 29, 2017
Klobuchar spoke at Iowa State University as the Fall 2017 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. Thank you. Wow! Thank you, thank you everyone. This is an incredible crowd, it’s almost as many people as at the Minnesota State Fair. It is just great to be here at Iowa State. I have had so much fun meeting the students, like Natasha, and just seeing their enormous potential and their dreams; it just kind of grounds you at a time where things are just not that easy in my […]
Nikki Haley
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Considerations of US Policy on Iran- Sept. 5, 2017
September 5, 2017
Thank you very much. It is great to see so many people in the room and thank you for hosting me today. Arthur Brooks is one of the coolest people I know, “Conservative Heart” was brilliantly written and impacted me greatly. So, I value his friendship and all of the contributions AEI continues to make. I’m here today to speak about Iran and the 2015 nuclear agreement. This is a topic that should concern all Americans; as it has a serious impact on our national security and the security of […]
Wangari Maathai
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Nobel Lecture - December 10, 2004
December 10, 2004
Your Majesties, your Royal Highness, members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, excellences, ladies and gentleman; I stand before you and the world humbled by this recognition, and the honor of being the 2004 Nobel Peace recipient. As the first African woman to receive this prize, I accept this on behalf of the people of Kenya and Africa; and indeed, the whole world. Tree planting became a natural choice to address some of the initial basic needs identified by women. Also, tree planting is simple, attainable, and guarantees quick, successful results […]
Linda Sarsour
categories: Lecture, Speeches
54th Annual ISNA Conference- July 3, 2017
July 3, 2017
Linda Sarsour, an organizer of the Women’s March on Washington and a Muslim activist, delivered a lecture at the 54th Annual ISNA Conference in Rosemont, Illinois. Beautiful, thank you; if not include everyone in this room and I want you to know that my very brief lecture this evening is in honor of Hedge Arabia who was a pioneer herself… and she was a native of Pakistan… and was schooled traditionally at home and held a strong belief in the value of formal education; encouraging of her children to pursue […]
Janet Jagan
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Sharing the Vision for our Times - March 27, 1999
March 27, 1999
Pres. Jagan gave the inaugural address of the Cheddi Jagan Lecture Series at York University. On Monday last, I had the honor to open a Ministerial Meeting of Caricom and Central America which was held in Georgetown. The meeting was one of great significance to me, and for that matter, for the people of our hemisphere. It was of particular significance to me since it was a major event taking place on the 81st birth anniversary of the late President of Guyana, Cheddi Jagan. It was a meeting Dr. Jagan […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Keynote Address, Lecture, Speeches
Women and Public Leadership - Oct. 24, 2007
October 24, 2007
Clinton spoke at Iowa State University as the Fall 2007 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. Thank you so much, Maggie, for that wonderful introduction and for your student leadership and concern about all of these issues and I'm delighted that your family could be here with you to see the excellent presentation you just made. And I want to thank Dr. Dianne Bystrom for her outstanding leadership as well. And to the Catt Center and Iowa State for hosting this event -- and for all their work […]
Michelle Obama
categories: Interview, Lecture, Speeches
Discussion with the First Lady, Secretary of Education - Jul. 19, 2016
July 19, 2016
MR. OAKLEY: Thank you all for joining us this morning. (Applause.) I am so excited to be here. You all are -- everyone is so excited, it’s so cute. MRS. OBAMA: They’re all excited. MR. OAKLEY: Everyone is excited. Like I said, this is the third annual, and it has just gotten bigger and better every year. We have an incredible panel of inspiring people that we will be chatting with all morning. And I got to say, I am I think most excited to see this many people here. […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Remarks on President-Elect Trump - Nov. 10, 2016
November 10, 2016
Thank you very much for the introduction, Rich. Thank you all for giving me this opportunity to talk with you. We are now two days removed from an incredibly close and hard-fought election, and many people here in Washington and around the country are trying to make sense of what happened. This wasn’t a pretty election. In fact, it was ugly, and we should not sugarcoat why. Donald Trump ran a campaign that started with racial attacks and then rode the escalator down. He encouraged a toxic stew of hatred […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Campaign Speech, Lecture, Speeches
Al Smith Charity Dinner - Oct. 20, 2016
October 20, 2016
Thank you. Thank you. Your eminence, your excellencies, members of the clergy, Donald and Melania, and all the distinguished guests. Earlier tonight, Al reminded me that when the first Al Smith ran for president, he chose the progressive senator from Arkansas, Joseph G. Robinson, who is one of my husband's political heroes. This work that you do through the dinner, Al— you have done it now for 30 years— is such a labor of love. You have been a hero for both the children of the archdiocese and for the […]
Christina D Romer
categories: Lecture, Speeches
Policy Responses to the Great Recession: Interaction of Leadership and Economic Ideas - Dec. 1, 2011
December 1, 2011
Romer spoke at Iowa State University as the Fall 2011 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. Thank you, it is indeed an honor and a pleasure to be here this evening. It’s particularly nice to be here as the Mary Louise Smith Chair on the Thursday night before the first Friday of the month. Now you ask me, why is that? The first Friday of the month is actually a very big deal if you’re the chair of the council of economic advisors because that’s the day when […]