Being ladylike does not require silence. Yoursould my husband or prevent us from being ourselves. I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. [applause] betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she herpresident ford expressed experience with breast cancer. Through much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency. Confronting it defined her post white house years. We will tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38 president , gerald ford. For the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith. He is one of our academic advisors for this whole project and he has helped launch a number of president ial libraries, among them the library for the forts. You bring that to the table. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible but i was very fortunate to become good friends with both of the fort. We want to start tonight story wi
Much again. Up next on American History tv, historian don doyle discusses his book, the cause of all nations, and International History of the American Civil War. The war looks at how was viewed around the world and the perspectives of the foreignborn soldiers fighting in it. This event is a little over an hour and 45 minutes. It is my pleasure to welcome don doyle who graduated from the university of california at davis. During his sophomore year, he took off a semester and travel to europe, where he developed a lifelong pastor lifelong question for history which took him to northwestern university, where he earned his phd. He spent much of his career at Vanderbilt University where he developed a strong interest in the civil war era. The professorcame of history at South Carolina. He also enjoyed numerous overseas teaching and research experiences. He was a fulbright professor of American History three times, and rome, italy, genoa, italy, and rio de janeiro, at universities in all th
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To the pardon. This was at the gerald r. Ford president ial museum. This event is one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] thank you, hank. Along with our audience here at the beautiful gerald r. Ford president ial museum in grand rapids, i would also like to welcome our cspan audience to this event. My passion for this flowed from my understanding of archibald who became a National Hero who stood up to Richard Nixon i demanding secret white house tapes that would prove or nixons guilt in the watergate coverup. President rviewing ford in 1995, i was struck by his passion in explaining the reasons for his pardon. I think there are more compelling reasons even now to step back and look at the historical evidence and the perspective that comes with time. Program, weays have a special filmed piece by tom brokaw who covered the events of the pardon. Mr. Brokaw could not be here today, but he filmed this especially for todays historic gathering. Pardoni remember of the was many things. Backs a su
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