Voices in Congress
Winter Brown Bag Lecture and Book Signing Series

Join the U.S. Capitol Historical Society for a winter round of lunchtime talks and book signings, including events celebrating American American History Month and Women’s History Month, the latter in cooperation with Sewall-Belmont House. Authors and editors will speak about their work, take questions from the audience, and sign their books.

African American History Month Event
February 17, 2010
Scott Simpson and Shola Lynch, editor and author of afterword
Shirley Chisholm’s Unbought and Unbossed (Take Root Media, January 2010)
12:00 Noon
Ketchum Hall, VFW Building
200 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, DC

March 3, 2010
Kathryn Allamong Jacob, author
King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-about-Washington in the Gilded Age (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009)
12:00 Noon
Ketchum Hall, VFW Building
200 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, DC

**Jacob's book was recently reviewed by Jonathan Yardley in the Washington Post.  Check it out here.**

Women’s History Month Event
March 10, 2010
Kristie Miller and Robert H. McGinnis, editors
A Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway (University of New Mexico Press, 2009)
12:00 Noon
Sewall-Belmont House
144 Constitution Ave., NE, Washington, DC

March 17, 2010
James McGrath Morris, author
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power (HarperCollins, February 2010)
12:00 Noon
Ketchum Hall, VFW Building
200 Maryland Ave., NE, Washington, DC

**See Jonathan Yardley's review in Washington Post Book World here. **

Free And Open to the Public
Bring your lunch and your curiosity!

Pre-registration is strongly recommended. Leave your information in a message at (202) 543-8919 x38 or email it to uschs@uschs.org.