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September 17, 2002

Women of the West

In the third in a series of symposia on American authors, participants talked about women writers in the American West. They focused on the works of Willa Cather, Edna Ferber, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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Laura Bush First Lady United States
Melissa Gilbert President American Federation of TV and Radio Artists

Beth Hoppe Executive Producer PBS
Patricia Limerick Director University of Colorado->Center of the American West
Patricia MacLachlan Author
Sharon O'Brien Professor Dickinson College->American Cultures
Linda Peavy Author
Susan Power Member Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Ursula A. Smith Author
Elizabeth Taylor Literary Editor Chicago Tribune
Brady Udall Author

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Program ID:: 172686-1
Category:: White House Event
Format:: Forum
Location:: East Room, White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Sep 18, 2002 | 6:42am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Jan 02, 2003 | 3:21am EST | C-SPAN 1

Airing Details

Sep 18, 2002 | 6:42am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Nov 29, 2002 | 2:25pm EST | C-SPAN 3
Nov 29, 2002 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 3
Dec 01, 2002 | 2:36pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Dec 02, 2002 | 1:51am EST | C-SPAN 1
Jan 01, 2003 | 5:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Jan 01, 2003 | 10:46pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Jan 02, 2003 | 3:21am EST | C-SPAN 1

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