Rugby legend. The daughter aiming to follow past leicester women to olympic hockey glory. Ian stringer reports. The surname back is synonymous in leicestershire. 18 year old olivia is doctor of rugby legend neil but top flight hockey is how chosen sport. And lest the ladies in the National Premier division. At leicester ladies. My earliest memory we re leicester ladies. My earliest memory were seen my dad loved the world cup when i was four years old and have a sport i love playing. Like her dad, olivia is playing elite level sport. She has been with the England Programme for three years and already team gb under 21 trials. |j see her as my daughter and i am so proud of her. She sort of caddies in the family ethos which is to never feel through lack of effort. Both in sport and academically. She is a hell of an athlete as youd imagine being related to her father and that is her biggest asset. Have hockey skills are as good as they need to be to be people with that amount of pace. She h
Two this wage the debt. We have the tantalus, a kit to be used in a carriage, it contains the cantors and glasses in a metal frame. He carried in his coach and it would be filled with any number of beverages. We know he enjoyed a number of good beverages. Sherry ports, kentucky bourbon. He was criticized for these habits. Anyone who thinks dirty campaigns is a new thing, look back to henry clay to see that is not the case. We have a great cartoon on the wall that illustrates that. It shows a group of citizens showing sticks and rocks. Clay is standing opposite. He has another man by the caller. He was chosen not because he was necessarily the most famous political figure of the best qualified but because he was someone who did not duel, drink gamble occurs. If that concerns you, no problem. We have a guy for you. So this was an issue yet to deal with. One of the things that challenge 10 and one of the reasons that he perhaps lost votes in the campaigns he ran for president. His enemies
Our coverage of president ial candidates of the iowa state fair continues all week. Former Texas Governor rick perry is running for the 2016 republican nomination and will take the traditional Des Moines Register soapbox stage. Later, a couple candidates visit the first of the nation primary state of new jersey. John kasich calls a town call meeting in se lalem. Chris christie also answers questions at a town hall meeting in salem, live at 7 p. 00 p. M. O wednesday. More history tv and the conference on modern first ladies. The Ohio State University at mare yo marion and the National First ladies cohosted the event. This is bridging the gap. Its my honor to present the executive director of the National First Ladies Library, patricia krider. [ applause ] thank you very much. Im very happy to be here today, and be here in marion this weekend. On behalf of the National First Ladies Library and the First Ladies National Historic site, were thrilled to be part of this symposium. My job her
They didnt know the holocaust was coming, but it was not done. Grace throws herself into helping get ready for world war ii. During world war ii, is a real volunteer, a spotter in North Hampton and that kind of thing. She did take a more active role in her post white house years. Then even though you have rationing, she doesnt get to plymouth much during the war, she seems the homestead going in plymouth, has an interest where her husband grew up and where he was sworn in. She decides to donate it to the state of vermont, if they will buy the birthplace. She was quite active as a preservationist, i like to see it that way. She lived until 1957. She did accomplish many of her goals after being first lady. She did, i would say, be brave, coming out with that stand. I know weve had a lot to talk about, and im afraid well have to ask gary if we can get to lou. She picked up where she left off prewhite house, which was to get engaged with a lot of the organizations that she had been involve
With a parent whose health was up and down. This was not something new in her life, and she took charge like she neieded to and carried on. I want to leave some time for the audience. Then come back to let the first ladies themselves have the last word. I know that, what did they do, quickly, after the post white house years . Can you address that a bit . I can start with that because mine is really short. Yeah. Florence just lived 15 months after warren died. She didnt have much of a life after that. She was adamant that she really did not want to come back to marion, to her house, and she never came back to her house. It was just not the same place for her without her husband. She wanted to stay in washington. She liked life there. She had spent five years there as a senate wife before the white house. She wanted to travel in europe. Shed been there three times. Wanted to write her memoirs. She didnt do any of that because her Health Failed rapidly after warrens death. Her doctor who