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O’Donovan Humanities Lecture
The O’Donovan Humanities Lecture is an annual event, featuring scholars and artists from around the country, which aims to instill a deeper appreciation of the importance of the humanities in everyday life. Named after the first Headmistress of Oakcrest, Pat O'Donovan—who opened Oakcrest in 1976 with 22 girls in Washington, D.C.—the lecture honors her legacy as a gifted teacher who could convey to students the joy of learning. Oakcrest hopes to spread this joy to others in the community through this annual lecture.
11th Annual O'Donovan Humanities Lecture featuring:
Ginny Boles
"Government and the Common Good: Can a Limited Government Promote the General Welfare?"
Ginny Boles
"Government and the Common Good: Can a Limited Government Promote the General Welfare?"
The Founding Fathers established a federal government with limited and defined powers. Two hundred and fifty years later, the federal government is much larger than the Founders could have foreseen. What would they have thought about today's federal welfare system? Does the government have any role to play in offering assistance to those who fall on hard times?
Oakcrest History teacher Ginny Boles will present the research from her recently completed Master's thesis, "Limited Government and the General Welfare: The Founders and the Progressives on the Role of Government in Attaining the Common Good," about the federal government's role in providing welfare as envisioned by the Founders and the Progressives of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The answers may surprise you.
Oakcrest History teacher Ginny Boles will present the research from her recently completed Master's thesis, "Limited Government and the General Welfare: The Founders and the Progressives on the Role of Government in Attaining the Common Good," about the federal government's role in providing welfare as envisioned by the Founders and the Progressives of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The answers may surprise you.
