Board of directors who are here this evening. We have martha kumar is here. I have seen martha. Anita mcbride will be here shortly, if she is not here already. David firrea is on our board several members of our National Council of white house history, which we are always grateful to have. This evening, it is my honor and privilege to introduce a really terrific friend of mine and front of the White House Historical society, mark updegrove. He served as the president and the ceo of the lbj foundation in austin, texas. He is a president ial historian for abc news. He is also an accomplished author. Mark has actually authored five books on the presidency, including this book that we are celebrating this evening, incomparable grace, jfk in the presidency. I had the privilege of recording a podcast this afternoon with mark, which we will release later in the month when the book is officially released. It was a fascinating conversation. I really enjoyed my time with mark and i think you are
Shulman, a former editor of the Dolly Payne Todd madison papers. Associate Senior Editor of the papers of James Madison in 2004. Dr. Shooulman continued to publh Dolly Madison papers which she has grants from the Historic Preservation and Records Commission of the national archives. Please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] those of you who are interested in the full papers of Dolly Payne Todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the Dolly Madison papers in the Dolly Madison edition. Like the book, its published by the university press. Unlike the book is published by their electronic imprint, the name which is rotunda. If you go and you take a look at it, i hope you enjoy it. Do you want me to do oh, okay. Having said that, i want to thank, of course, as everyone speaking as thanked, the three organization that is have sponsored this and thank them for putting on a conference which is so beautifully focused so the papers can talk to each other in a way that do
Okay. Our next speaker this mornings session will be talking about Dolly Madison and the british invasion of washington, d. C. In the war of 1812. We have heard some things about Dolly Madisons role in the war of 1812. Now, well hear more from holly shulman, a former editor of the Dolly Payne Todd madison papers. Associate Senior Editor of the papers of James Madison in 2004. Dr. Shooulman continued to publh Dolly Madison papers which she has grants from the Historic Preservation and Records Commission of the national archives. Please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] those of you who are interested in the full papers of Dolly Payne Todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the Dolly Madison papers in the Dolly Madison edition. Like the book, its published by the university press. Unlike the book is published by their electronic imprint, the name which is rotunda. If you go and you take a look at it, i hope you enjoy it. Do you want me to do oh, okay. Having s
The new role. About the funeral. They had the funeral in rome at the church where woodrow met her. The townspeople were there, but there wasnt a state funeral in washington. There was a little ceremony and the white house. Yes, there was, at the white we already finished our first hour. Cooper our guest john biography of Woodrow Wilson. Do as we closeo out here, mr. Cooper, is open it up and read this paragraph or you talk about her contributions to him. Low. Seth felt him a cold ellen had been his closest, wisest advisor. More influence over her than anyone else. He rarely let her severe depression affect him or her daughters. Ellen had given him so much, and he was a far better man for her gifts. He had gone further and accomplished more in the world of scholarship, education, politics, and government than he could have without her, and he knew it. Is it fair to say without ellen there might not have been a president Woodrow Wilson . Absolutely. This man blossomed. He met her as he w
Can you remember when you first knew an audience would listen to you at all . I do. I was working for senator william proxmire, a democratic senator from wisconsin. As was his custom he was a man of incredible discipline he committed to the United States ratifying the Genocide Convention. To that end, he gave a daily speech on the senate floor in support of it. I was tasked, that is a word you do not hear often, at least with me my responsibility was to write a daily speech, which i sometimes did under great deadline pressure. Much to the consternation of the senator. Word got out that i did this, and i was asked to give a speech, to speak on the Genocide Convention at a luncheon. I did, and the crowd seemed to respond and like it. I said, wow, that was fun. After that i accepted opportunities wherever it was to speak. Within reason. What have you learned about audiences over the years, and when they start to respond to you . How many times do you speak a year . It depends on the year.