Doris kearns goodwin, author of no ordinary time, if you could ask either Franklin Delano roosevelt or Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of questions, after all the work you did on this book, what would they be . I think with eleanor id like to understand why she was unable, at a certain moment in the middle of the war, when he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him, to say yes to him. I mean, i know that he loved her, i know she still loved him, and id want to say, why didnt you do it . Hes going to die soon. I wish you had done it. And i think for him id want to understand why he couldnt share himself more fully with anyone. He was the most ebullient, the most charming, most sparkling personality on the surface. Everybody thought how warm he was. But underneath, there was such reserve in him, and id want to try and understand why that was so, and why he wouldnt give himself more to the people who loved him. What makes this book different than al
Doris kearns goodwin, author of no ordinary time, if you could ask either Franklin Delano roosevelt or Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of questions, after all the work you did on this book, what would they be . I think with eleanor id like to understand why she was unable, at a certain moment in the middle of the war, when he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him, to say yes to him. I mean, i know that he loved her, i know she still loved him, and id want to say, why didnt you do it . Hes going to die soon. I wish you had done it. And i think for him id want to understand why he couldnt share himself more fully with anyone. He was the most ebullient, the most charming, most sparkling personality on the surface. Everybody thought how warm he was. But underneath, there was such reserve in him, and id want to try and understand why that was so, and why he wouldnt give himself more to the people who loved him. What makes this book different than al
Introduce my colleague sarah fling. She started at the White House Historical association in 2019 as a graduate public history fellow before joining as a historian in 2021 her research focuses on free and enslaved workers the first ladies and the white house collection serious. Sarahs previous Work Experience includes internships at Historic Sites such as George Washingtons mount vernon and the frick pittsburg. She received her bachelors degree in history from the university of pittsburgh and her masters in public history from american university. Sarah is originally from york, pennsylvania. Welcome sarah. Thank you, lena. Thanks so much for that introduction and good evening everybody. Thanks so much for being here with us tonight as we explore what i consider to be the Unsung Heroes of the white house the resident staff. So if we had to the next slide, id like to talk a little bit more about the history and the background of the residence staff. Now i think today when we think of whi
Introduce my colleague sarah fling. She started at the White House Historical association in 2019 as a graduate public history fellow before joining as a historian in 2021 her research focuses on free and enslaved workers the first ladies and the white house collection serious. Sarahs previous Work Experience includes internships at Historic Sites such as George Washingtons mount vernon and the frick pittsburg. She received her bachelors degree in history from the university of pittsburgh and her masters in public history from american university. Sarah is originally from york, pennsylvania. Welcome sarah. Thank you, lena. Thanks so much for that introduction and good evening everybody. Thanks so much for being here with us tonight as we explore what i consider to be the Unsung Heroes of the white house the resident staff. So if we had to the next slide, id like to talk a little bit more about the history and the background of the residence staff. Now i think today when we tnk of white