Pr hesident harry truman lid to refer to bess as the boss. Family was the number one priority. He had little to say to the media, destroyed many of her letters and spent a good part of the white house years at home in missouri. Bess truman served as first lady on her own terms. Welcome to first ladies influence and image. Tonight the story of the wife of the 33rd president of the United States, bess truman. Here to tell us more about her are two guests were pleased to welcome back to our set. Bill seal, and nicole anslover. Nice to meet you. Thank you. Where we left off last week was the death of franklin roosevelt. April 12, 1945. The call comes in to harry truman, where is he, then he gets the message hes needed. He is having a drink with his cronies as he was often wanting to do. He thought a lot of politics was accomplished by relaxing and having a somewhat more cordial atmosphere. He received a phone call and said he just knew. The story goes that he ran to get to his car and get
Transports loaded with lumber on its way to hawaii. By tomorrow morning, the members of congress will have a full report and be ready for action. Youve been listening to some of Eleanor Roosevelts radio address hours after the attack on pearl harbor in 1941. In fact, she gave that address before her husband, fdr, even spoke to the nation. For the next two hours, were going to get to know this transformational first lady. Shes consistently ranked first in first ladies and were going to look at her life, relationship and her time in the white house from 1933 to 1945. Well, good evening and welcome to cspans first ladys influence and image series. Joining us to evening to talk about Eleanor Roosevelt, anita black whos the leader of the project at George Washington university, and a historian. And another historian, whos also an author from rice university. Thank you both for being here with us this evening. Doug, briefly, march, 1933. The roosevelts are being inaugural rated. What are the
I know she still loved him why didnt you do it . But for him i would want to understand why he could not him share himself more fully with anyone the most charming and thoughtful personality but underneath there was such reserve in him and i want to understand why he couldnt give himself more to the people who loved him. And to understand not only franklin and eleanor but in many cases to understand the whole extended family that surrounded them in the white house and that these two characters really needed other people to meet those needs left over at the end of their troubled marriage so the second family quarters of the white house was like a hotel and there was about seven People Living there all intimate friends that was new and fun for me. Cspan if you had ask a question about personal relationships that theyve had with other people, who would you be most interested in . Frankly it would be franklin. Not just because he had an affair with her and almost broke up eleanors marriage
Watch American History tv, tonight and over the weekend, on cspan3. All right. Since we have a very ontime sort of calming of the room, i am going to go ahead and kick us off. Thank you, so much, for coming to the violence in american politics panel. As i think we will see it as an incredibly timely panel. And a really good time to be putting these topics into the context of a broader American History. So im going to start off by introducing our panel. And then everyones going to give their opening statement. And then, we will start the conversation. So who is sitting right next to me is t. Cole jones. Assistant professor at purdue university. He is author of captives of liberty prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Reserve lugz, which will be released this fall by the university of pennsylvania press. In addition to his book, hes published articles in the journal of the early republic, the journal of military history and the new england quarterly. He is curren
American history from john hopkins and prisoners of war and politics of vengeance in the American Revolution which will be released this fall by the university of Pennsylvania Press. Articles in the journal and the new england quarterly and working on a project that is titled patrick henrys war the struggle for empire in the revolutionary west. Kellie Carter Jackson is from wellesley college. Out from university of Pennsylvania Press provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical uses of violence among black activists. She is coeditor of race, politics and memory and featured in the History Channel documentary roots a history revealed which was nominated for an image award in 2016. Gideon cohnpostar the causes and consequences of economic voter intimidation in the late 17th century and the institute of American History and the andrew w. Melon foundation and the social Science Research council. And finally Felix Harcourt is from Austin College and his researc