Year. Good evening and welcome to first ladies. The life of helen taft. Her husband served in the white house until 1913. Her lifepeak about and legacy is her biographer. The biography of her is helen taft, our musical first lady. You open the book by making the case that she is the most obscure of 27 20th century first ladies. Why do you think she deserves better than being obscure . She did things that were very constructive. The cherry trees, bringing the Classical Music and musicians to the white house, and, generally, trying to make washington the Cultural Center of the nation. That was her ambition. Out because of medical reasons. That wouldagenda have made her rank with Eleanor Roosevelt or lady johnson in terms of transforming washington if things had gone the other way. She had an agenda to get her husband to the white house. The story is that she decided when she visited the white , hey, i want to do that as well here there are a lot of women who wanted to have their husbands
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Career. Followed at 9 00 by actor Joseph Phillips and a discussion with students about the principles of conservatism and at 10 00 a medal of honor ceremony with president obama honoring 24 army veterans, at world war ii, korea and vietnam. Up next on booktv afterwards with guest host amity shlaes, author of the forgotten man. George george nash book the crusade years 19331955 Herbert Hoovers lost memoir of the new deal era and its aftermath. In at the herbert institution presents what is referred to as the missing link in the hoover memoirs. She provides the political philosophy and analysis and the depression he was blamed for and the centurys most historic conflict. This program is about an hour. Hello. The book is the crusade years 19331955 Herbert Hoovers lost memoir of the new deal era and its aftermath. The editor is george nash, the most esteemed scholar of Herbert Hoover it today. He served from 1929 to 33 which means he was the president who saw the worst years of the depress
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. The grave fundamental issue now before our people. Are the American People fit to govern themselves, to rule themselves, to control themselves . I believe they are. Historian, an author, so much more. Her books have wrought to live so many amazing people. When did they first meet . Taft as solicitor general. They lived in the same part of washington. They walked together to work. I love that image, taft listening to teddy. Whats the difference and the sizes . Taft would have been at a slimmer level 250 to 270. Is five foot nine inches but taft is closer to six feet tall. They would have looked shorter. What happened to the friendship . Makes taft his handpicked successor when he was not running again. He gives him all the advice in the world. Dont play golf. Its a rich mans game. Fight. Dont just answer him. William Jennings Bryan . Taft wins. Happy when he trusts him with his legacy calling him a beloved person. He goes to afric
People forget. But i do think now that there is a possibility of a sustained longerterm effort to slowly start to undo the policies. And as we change policies and people understand that crime rates are not going to spike up it changes peoples hearts and minds around incarceration and offers better, more Productive Solutions that actually do a better job of protecting our Public Safety. Im committed to this work. It is all the work ive ever done actually since graduating, and i think that really the moment of opportunity is now. Our lives again to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. That is a quote from Martin Luther king, jr. Out of keep on my wall, and i absolutely think that is the case. Im very fortunate that he been able to devote my career to working on issues that i think about it. I think it matters that there is tremendous human devastation and brought out of unnecessary incarceration in this country. I think it is terrible that we treat children with suc