Florence Kling Harding once said she had only one real hobby and that was Warren Harding. She was a significant force in her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book
To vote, not only in montana, but a couple of states west of the mississippi. She runs in 1916, she is elected to one of montanas large districts. Is at sher platform is a pacifist. She is one into the house on april 2, 1917. The house has come into special session, extraordinary session has the president , that night Woodrow Wilson delivers a message to Congress Asking for a declaration of war against germany, it was the u. S. Entry into world war i. ,ankin, when that vote is held is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u. S. Intervention in world war i. ,he served a term in the house she was on the womans suffrage on the public was lands committee, which was an important assignment from for a woman from montana with so much of the land being held by the federal government. She serves only a term and a house. She tries to run for senate for montana. She does not get the republican nomination, but she runs as an independent. It is an uphill battle and she gets about a f
To vote, not only in montana, but a couple of states west of the mississippi. She runs in 1916, she is elected to one of montanas large districts. Is at sher platform is a pacifist. She is one into the house on april 2, 1917. The house has come into special session, extraordinary session has the president , that night Woodrow Wilson delivers a message to Congress Asking for a declaration of war against germany, it was the u. S. Entry into world war i. ,ankin, when that vote is held is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u. S. Intervention in world war i. ,he served a term in the house she was on the womans suffrage on the public was lands committee, which was an important assignment from for a woman from montana with so much of the land being held by the federal government. She serves only a term and a house. She tries to run for senate for montana. She does not get the republican nomination, but she runs as an independent. It is an uphill battle and she gets about a f
To vote, not only in montana, but a couple of states west of the mississippi. She runs in 1916, she is elected to one of montanas large districts. Is at sher platform is a pacifist. She is one into the house on april 2, 1917. The house has come into special session, extraordinary session has the president , that night Woodrow Wilson delivers a message to Congress Asking for a declaration of war against germany, it was the u. S. Entry into world war i. ,ankin, when that vote is held is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u. S. Intervention in world war i. ,he served a term in the house she was on the womans suffrage on the public was lands committee, which was an important assignment from for a woman from montana with so much of the land being held by the federal government. She serves only a term and a house. She tries to run for senate for montana. She does not get the republican nomination, but she runs as an independent. It is an uphill battle and she gets about a f
First ladies during wartime. From Martha Washington visiting soldiers, to Eleanor Roosevelt shaking hands of an estimated of troops. The National Archive hosted this event. It is a little over an hour. [applause] good morning, and welcome to my house. [laughter] the National Archives was created by an act of congress in 1984. The mission to preserve the records of the United States government and make those records available so that every american citizen can hold its government accountable and learn from the past. Today that collection is over 13 billion documents. Miles of film a video and more electronicillion records. At valleyrds start forge and go all the way up to the techniques that are being created as im speaking the tweaks that are being created as i am speaking. We are a nationwide network of facilities, one of the busiest is the National Personnel Records Center in st. Louis which houses more than 56 billion veterans records. Central responds to a billion requests each yea