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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A lecture by Catherine Allgor, professor of history at the University of California, Riverside, about the role of women in the American Revolution will air on C-SPAN3 at 4:55 p.m. and 8:55 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6, and 9:55 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7.

C-SPAN 3 is streamed on the web and also available after the programs air for viewing or from the video library.

A C-SPAN crew visited Allgor’s “U.S. Women, Gender, and Sexuality” class on Oct. 12 to film the lecture, which addressed issues of coverture – the centuries-old legal doctrine that merged the identities of women with their husbands, leaving them unable to enter into contracts, own property or sign legal documents – and how colonial and early national women exercised a small but increasing amount of political and economic freedom.

Research about two American first ladies by Allgor is featured in a special collector’s edition of U.S. News & World Report. Allgor contributed significantly to entries about Louisa Adams and Dolley Madison in the newly released special edition, “America’s First Ladies.”

The University of California, Riverside (www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus opened a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion.

A broadcast studio with fiber cable to the AT&T Hollywood hub is available for live or taped interviews. UCR also has ISDN for radio interviews. To learn more, call (951) UCR-NEWS.