With the life of roosevelt. He is a medical doctor. Hes boardcertified neurologist and practiced for many years, current president at the Neurological Association of new jersey. Also a member of the new jersey state board of medical examiners and former resident at the society. Hes also an avid magazine collector and whas written about his experience and it waspublished in conjunction with the exhibit which i remember clearly. His book fdr unmasked 73 years of medical coverups that rewrote history is now available and we would like to welcome him to the podium today. Good morning. We a brief excerpt from chapter 12. Weather in washington dc on the morning of march 4 1933 fdrs first Inauguration Day is frigid and gloomy ,matching the countrys mood. Americans were facing a future certain only in its likeness. Bank failures and foreclosures with farms and homes were on the rise. New York Stock Exchange had just suspended trading. Acquiescing to tradition Herbert Hoover road with his succe
Example for future first ladies, ellen wilson died just a year and half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after he suffered a stroke remains are the most controversial efforts of any first lady. Tonight, the story of the Wilson Administrations two first ladies, ellen and edith. We have two tragc deaths here to tell you about these two interesting women and the times in which they lived. Her book is allen and edith, Woodrow Wilsons first ladies. John mills cooper is Woodrow Wilsons biographer. Thanks for being with us. We have been telling the stories chronologically, but Everybody Knows about edith wilson managing the white house as it is described after her husband suffers a stroke. We will tell that story first because so many people really want to know what happen
Cost our country 600,000 jobs . Yes. Moving discretionary funding backed up to the original cast and not having the sequester take effect. And that would take a half a point away from gross to mustek product . By the end of 2014. Florida, thein types of jobs we are talking about, we have seen some very harmful impact. Our premier Cancer Research center in tampa, before the sequester, they had 120 researchers working to find a cure for cancer. They are down to 100. The air force base is one of our Largest Community economic drivers. They are furloughing Mental Health counselors among others. That part of the budget is shrinking, but the sequester does not give us a lot of room to maneuver on where we want those cuts to take place. Law enforcement, job losses from cuts to the court, very significant cut accident education. Adopted republicans this cr last week, it became Crystal Clear that they intend to march forward with those sequester cuts. Report and at your those kind of expenditur
Academia to politics. Set an example for future first ladies. Year and a half of his term. Edithieving president met , and she served as first lady for five years. Her unprecedented role in managing affairs is one of the most consequential efforts of any first lady. Good evening, and welcome to our continuing series. The wilsonry of first ladies. Christine miller is a biographer f the first ladies. Mr. Cooper is Woodrow Wilsons biographer. We are going to break precedent. Thesee been telling stories chronologically, but everyone knows about edith wilson managing the white house after a stroke. So many people want to know what happened. Suffer the stroke . 1919. Was in october of trying to sell the country on going into the league of nations. Aborted the tour and got him back into the white house. Five days into the white house he suffered a massive stroke. The story of the stroke is very dramatic. Can you tell us what happened . Conflicting reports about what happened, but i think the
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