Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them; got them together; got them talking. This was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to American Fashion and that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and sort of became a grand damme very much behind the scenes in the political field again. As henry clay famously said, everybody loved mrs. Madison. And then, of course, her equally famous response, thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Court Dolley Madison came to her the Dolley Madison came to her servic
Laughs but she was his best , friend and she compensated. It is aaron burr that lets her know that James Madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women, where they could wield a great deal of political power. Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them, got them together, got them talking. This was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to american fashion, and that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. She moved back to washington, d. C. In her elder years and sort of became a grand damme. Very much behind the scenes in the political field agai
Over and so is our feeling for children. I think it is good in the world, there is quite enough to divide people, so we should cherish the language and the emotion that unites us. Jacqueline kennedys 1000 days as first lady was defined by images, young mother, advocate for the arts, fashion icon. Footage of the assassination of president kennedy and his funeral cemented her in the public consciousness. Welcome to the cspan series, first ladies, influence and image. We have two guests at the table, to tell you more about her story. He has a special focus on the cold war era and the Kennedy Administration. Robert parry is a political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies series, he has written the Jacqueline Kennedy biography. Before we get into more details about her white house years, i want to talk about the images of that assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. This is a collective consciousness. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 y
This was a true labor of love. I researched my topic for three years and spent a yearplus writing it. It is hummabling and gratifying to see it so well received, and to be following walter isakson, robert caro, and tony. [applause] i came to develop a strong interest in Paul Jennings when i was director of education at James Madisons month peelier in virginia. I was familiar with jennings memoir considered by the White House Historical association to be the first memoir of life in the white house. It was titled a colored mans rem innocences of James Madison, and as the title implies, its really more about the socalled great man than it was about the author himself. My interest was in Paul Jennings. I set out to discover elements of his own biography to uncover the circumstances behind the original publication of the memoir in 1865 and to find an interview living direct descendents. A slave in the white house, Paul Jennings and the madisons is the story of Paul Jennings unique journey f
We know so much about this story. He was shot and into her arms, for five minutes they were there and she felt that they left the hospital to go back to washington, but they had to do something to make sure that he had the historical reputation. What would a 34yearold woman have sense of that experience . What did she draw from . There are so many Iconic Images together in such a short time. She said when she was young woman, my ambition in life is to be the art director of the 20th century. And she almost turned out to be that. And she felt one thing that would be important for his legacy, as horrible as dallas was, to wipe out the view of that, and having three or four days of ceremony that she wished would be what they would remember, not the tawdry miss of what happened. This is not the first president ial assassination and president president ial widow. As a political scientist you talk about the power of television, how did this work in this case. She wanted to go back to the rig