Stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, at nixon on first ladies influence an image. This is about 90 minutes. [applause] in i stay in the wings and do not come out too often. This is quite unusual for me. I do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for the planning of this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than anybody before her, volunteering was her issue, and was a chief supporter to the political debts and political advisor to her husband. Good evening. Tonight, we will tell you the story of pat nixon. Although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. We will tell more of her record and learn more about her life be
Influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to tell her story. Tim naftali is a president ial historian and the former head of the Nixon Library. And meet mary brennan, who is a pat nixon biographer and also history professor at texas state university. Well, welcome to both of you. Lets start with this perception of pat nixon. She is described in your book, actually, as an enigma. So what should people know . What are a couple of things about pat nixon that theyd be surprised to learn . Ms. Brennan pat was fun and funny. People who knew her talked about her sense of humor. And she was adventurous. As a young woman, she worked for a hospital in new york city, and she would
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