Tuberculosis. No cure. Second of all, we left track of how severe and prevalent that illness was in a lot of different parts of the country. Lou, in her typical take charge, i got this sort of frame of mind, collects information on all the different potential sanitariums where pete with cca. They have tons of letters from wellmeaning people telling them how this can be cured. She eventually settles on the sanitarium in ashville, north carolina. They arrange for pete to go there. They thought about having him at the camp that lou and bert had built in the mountains, but they decided that pete really it was very inaccessible do they decided he needed to be where there was more attentive care and somewhere it was easily accessible. Petes wife and two children moved into the white house for the duration. Lou, her typical strong management style, take charge style. Her mother was a semiinvalid. She was accustomed to dealing with a parent whose health was up and down. This was not something
Questions from cspan audience, we tell the stories of american 45 first ladies. Ellen edith wilson on first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. Susan swain this is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington, d. C. , the home of our 28th president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921. Youll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two Wilson Administration first ladies, ellen and edith. Susan swain ellen and woodrow met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. An accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. In adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first l
Teaches womens history, american diplomatic history and africanAmerican History. She has published six books, most recently editing in 2016, the companions for first ladies. Her monographs include red spies in america and don of the cold war. Of sovietion relations. Behind the tragedy and controversy. She received her phd from the university of california. Usa today, canadian broadcasting company. Here is something you dont hear about historians every day. Which she wrote at the ohio state marion campus. We are so enthused by her work that we are gladly welcoming her back. As a primary organizer, we will be having on southern first ladies. Lets learn about a northern first lady. Thank you so what so much. Im thrilled to see so many of you here to learn about Florence Harding. You are probably wondering why she up there. She broke think that the mold, because we all know she broke the mold. Et me give you another example who made the cracks . The subject of our talk, Florence Harding. F
Ride on the wild side. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Strike group and japanese destroyers are now operating within striking range of north korea. A show of force meant to counter leader kim jonguns continued missile test. In an interview with reuters on thursday, President Trump sounded a warning. Reporter his comments rattled u. S. Aally south korea, whose leaderes were surprised they pay 1 billion for a controversial Missile Defense system. The u. S. Installed it earlier this week, and last year agreed to pay for its operation in a signed accord. Its the most incredible equipment youve ever seen shoots missiles right out of the sky, and it protects them, and i want to protect them. Were going to protect them. Reporter despite mr. Trumps heated rhetoric, at the United Nations today secretary of state tillerson sailed the u. S. Is not looking for a fight. We much prefer a negotiated solution on this problem. Direct negotiations with north k
Ms. Mirrer good evening and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im louise mirrer, president and ceo, and i am thrilled to see you in our beautiful auditorium this evening. Tonights program, women in the white house, is part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished speaker series. I would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support that has allowed us to bring many fine historians and writers to this stage. [applause] ms. Mirrer i would also like to thank and recognize members of the Chairmans Council in the audience and thank them for their generosity and all they do on our institutions behalf, and of course, my great and talented colleague, Vice President for Public Programs, dale gregory. [applause] ms. Mirrer tonights program is presented in collaboration with our brandnew center for womens history, and we are grateful to our partners at hogan lovells, who are the corporate sponsor for our womens history programming at New York Historical. Tonights program last about a