From Martha Washington to ida mckinley. Tonight, it is doubly medicine. Dolly madison. Dolley was socially adept and politically savvy. She was his best friend. She compensated. James madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women where they can wield a great deal of political power. Dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and erect the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them. Got them together and got them talking. This was important to her to make everyone feel welcome. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison she sat side by side with James Madison helping him. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady w
Those models but also for bringing women into the political mix at a very early time period. And her conciliation or her abilities to bring people together. Wouldnt it be nice if we had her back in washington now. We only skimmed the surface in 90 minutes of 81 entering years of life. If you want to learn more. I thank the White House Historical association for their elp in this series. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] on cspan tonight, libyan activist discuss. Then another chance to watch first ladies on the life of Dolley Madison. Coming up on the next washington journal, s tomorrow night, on cspan encore presentation of first ladies is not campaigning allowed. You cannot do that and you cannot ask for office directly. You have used subtle back channels. Women were a good conduit for that. Come to spread their gossip and ask their favors. She knows she cannot trust these people. She is not naive. A lot of
Talking. This was important to her to make everyone feel welcome. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison she sat side by side with James Madison helping him. Jim moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scene in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during Thomas Jeffersons two terms. The president often called her called on her to assist him. This sense of the usefulness of diplomacy allout dali to hit the ball running. She assumed the role in 89 as her husband James Madison became the president. Welcome. We will learn about the intriguing Dolly Madison. We have two guests at our table. Let me introduce you to them. An author and biographer of Dolly Madison Dolley Madison. Thank you for being here. Our other guest was the creator of the f
Next monday night first Lady Elizabeth monroe was more private than Dolley Madison. She refused to continue the tradition of making social calls around the city. She spoke french inside the white house and gained a reputation of being queenly by her critics. And Louisa Katherine adams was the only first lady born outside the u. S. Next monday live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan 3, also on cspan radio and cspan. Org. And our website has more about the first ladies including a welcome to the white house. The association is offing the book first ladies of the United States of america. And thoughts from Michelle Obama on the role of first ladies throughout history now available for the discounted price of 12. 95 plus shipping at cspan. Org slash products. Now the American Public Transportation Association discusses its priorities and spending cuts. Well hear from the Railroad Administration and the trance it administration. This is an hour and ten minutes. I agree, please wake up
Lax policing to set fire to and steal from their own community. Injuring police journalists and each other. I think the violence is relative. Freddie gray wasnt that type of person to break into no stores or nothing like that. I dont like it at all. The mayor and governor facing sharp criticism for standing down on such an emotionally charged day and then not seeming to have a plan leading to chaos. Weve been standing by in preparation just in case the violence escalated, which it did. When the mayor called we act visited. We were fully prepared. Darkness adding to the danger. Brazen standoffs between masked men on both sides hurling everything they could, even grud explosives at cops. Police cruisers and neighborhood cars on fire. Pepper spray largely controlled from a wall of resistance. What seems to be a suicide mission, a car racing past us right into the police line stopping feet away only to return to the fray. A night no one was safe. Local stores lit up spreading to an adjoini