Host serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, julia grant relished the role. She once commented that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slaveholding family, she ended up as wife of the commanding u. S. General during the civil war. She and ulysses s. Grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the challenges of politics, and eight years in the white house. Welcome to our program, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, julia grant. Let me introduce you to our guests. Bill seale is a member of our series. He is a Longtime White House historian and the author of the president s house. Pam sanfilippo is a historian at the ulysses s. Grant National Historic site. She is also working on a biography of julia grant. I want to start with you. We last left the series with the johnsons after impeachment and the politics with the radical republicans in reconstruction in the south. Set the stage for us as the grants come into the whi
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