Million, but 11 are or very special because he developed an intimate relationship with every president many modern time going back to harry truman. And with us today to talk about this book is Michael Duffy who is a veteran reporter with Time Magazine. He is known in this town as the ultimate insider. He is the reporter who knows the back story on the big story. He is a man who is very well sourced and has a reputation in time for being selfeffacing, very witty and a man who would sit with his coauthor, nancy gibbs, in the bureau and come up with these astounding cover stories, more than 100 of them to their credit, in a mysterious process that no one else quite understands. [laughter] so i want to get to that in a minute, but first, welcome to the show. Welcome to after words, michael, and let me ask you many books, scores of books have been written about billy graham but none that have focused on his relationship with the president s in quite this way. How did you get this idea, whyd
Declaration of conscience in june 1950 where she opposed his tactics very eloquently. She goes on to serve a very long career into the early 1970s. She is one of the woman who is approaching the women of story in congress into a new era. If youre interesting, learn more by going to history. House. Gov. Objects and artifacts we dont have available today is available on the site. This was the first of a twopart program. You can view this and all other american artifacts programs on cspan. Org history. Each week american artifacts visits museums in historic places. Up next we take you inside the house wing of the u. S. Capitol to learn about women in congress. In the second of a twopart program, we begin in the 1940s with claire booth loose. Im farrah elliott, cure airport for the husband of representatives. That means i take care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork, that documents the houses reach heritage. Im matt whiz knew sky, historian of the fact. I collect biographical information,
She went after the leadership very publicly. Well, very shortly, they came around and put her on to the Committee Assignments that she wanted. One of the artifacts that we have that im particularly fond of is this one. Its a letter from j. Ed guard hoover to congresswoman khan and the important part of this isnt actually what hes writing. Whats important is dear mother khan. And its an odd phrasing for j. Ed card hoover. But she was known very much as the mother of the fbi. So that was often how he referred to her. So this is a fascinating piece of lobbying and playing up that affiliation and that close tie that they had. By the time we get to the late 1930s, early 1940s, were beginning to see a Different Group from that Pioneer Group of women coming to congress. World war ii reshapes the rolled of women in society generally, women hold a lot of jobs that men previously held as men go off to fight in the service. And women who come into congress during that era begin to advocate more o
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Account of the toll of war and disease inside yemen. imitating missile boom. Narrator two gripping stories on this special edition of frontline. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Additional support is provided by the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. The heisingsimons foundation, unlocking knowledge, opportunity, and possibilities. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. Major support for frontline and for inside yemen was provided by the corporation for public broadcasting, wi