Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact and she really took an interest in politics and that she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician. So she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if hed been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband and she would invite anybody who wanted to come for a visit to see the objects that they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact and she really took an interest in politics and that she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician. So she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if hed been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband and she would invite anybody who wanted to come for a visit to see the objects that they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a
Thank you to all the panelists for participating in this fascinating discussion. [applause] youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation like us on facebook at cspan history. American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time on sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical organization. We tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now circle, Margaret Taylor, and Albert Fillmore. Sarah polk, Margaret Taylor and Albert Fillmore on the first ladies. This is 90 minutes. Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She took an interest in politics, and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. She would not have married james if he [inaudible] unfortunately for james polk he died and sarah became a
Party, the National Action party. The preceding party in control of the government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party had been in charge of the government for 71 years. There were a lot of expectations generated by this new government and new president and mexico was expected to move from what i would call this electoral democracy to what scholars like to describe as a consolidated democracy. It basically means that you have achieved a certain level of transparency and accountability and a rule of law. In those areas, mexico still has a lot of work to accomplish. In 2000, how critical was that pan after that many years . It was critical. It was essential because people had become so used to the power that it actually created a condition, in spite of the fraud that they were committing in the election, it was impossible to defeat so that really not only changed the pragmatic outlook but it also changed peoples attitudes about it being worth while to participate in an election becaus
[gavel]. Morning avenue one. Welcome to our wills Committee Meeting of july 28 26 and im katie tang chairman of the committee get to my right is vice chairman eric cannot. From sfgov tv we would like to thank Charles Kremenak and jusco larson. Supervisor cohen is unfortunately stuck in committee today. She may or may not be able to join us will get a motion to excuse her from this meeting. With that mr. Clerk any announcements yes. The silence all cell phones Electronic Devices and complete speaker cards. Items acted upon today will be on the september 6, 2016 supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you these call item 1 item 1, [reading code] actually with go into that motion real quickly to excuse supervisor cohen moved and seconded. Will do that without objection supervisor cohen is excused [gavel] so, we have here one seed one applicant mr. Clinton ellicott if you would like to come forward . Good morning. Thank you mdm. Chairwoman for the time spent with me relative to my