Condescending title, because it suggests that you sort of a blue stalking whose sole function in life was to serve to not serve alcohol. Lucy hayes is so much more, as his her husband frankly. And remember, everything she accomplished in the white house came in spite of the fact that her husbands legitimacy to be president was questioned right until the day he left office. She was a charming person, very delightful. She was innovative with the arts. One of our more controversial collections is the white house china. Journalists of the day wrote scathing articles. One said the art was absurd. Who is going to want to be eating this lovely meal and see a duck at the bottom of their plate . She took an active interest in Public Affairs from an early age. She had a College Degree, and she had taught. To causes that were very important to her work veterans and soldiers and also orphans. Children who had been made orphans as a result of the civil war. She combined all these roles, that is the
Doris thank you for coming. How may people here have read team of rivals . Bully pulpit . Lyndon johnson . The kennedys and fitzgeralds . How many agree shes one of our foremost writers . [applause] for those who dont know her background very briefly grew up in new york, brooklyn, got her phd at harvard one Harvard White house fellow the Johnson Administration help johnson with his memoirs and then went back to teach at harvard and now has been riding extraordinarily well received and terrific biographies and histories in the wind and sir of a Pulitzer Prize as well. Youll be writing a new book coming out september 18 called leadership about on the leadership skills of the people you have written about lincoln, roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson we will talk about that today why did you decide to write about four different people why not . Each time i finish writing one of the books i have take all that persons books out of my study to make room for the next one i felt li
Sarah polk was very big on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She took an interest in politics, and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he want to see in the legislature, because if she would not married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for James Kaye Polk, he died three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42 year widowhood. Pulled place became a shrine and she would invite anyone she wanted to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects. Thats very interesting as a commentary on what a beloved status she had. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went to eve
Captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 harriet lane spent quite a bit of time traveling with her uncle James Buchanan. They entertained International Visitors during their time in the white house as well. One of the most interesting groups they had visit them was the japanese delegation. The japanese delegation came to the white house in 1860 and they came bearing all types of gifts. What we see are some of the Little Things they brought, beautiful little shoes, paper folded objects, origami. This is a dictionary in japanese. Miss lane and her friends found all of these things very intriguing. While were learning about diplomatic visits, patricia on facebook asks, is it true that harriet lane hosted englands prince of wales the future king edward vii at the white house. This visit was described as one of the great successes of the administration. Humge success. Why is this. It was the prince of wales, the son of the reigning monarch. They hadnt had anybody over here and
Welcome. We couldnt be more happy than you joining us here at the center and were happy there is a center for colorado womens history. Now im Michael Eriksson the Education Coordinator here and i love setting things up like this and we couldnt be more happy and honored to have charlotte waysman join us. Many of you know her and her partner here coauthor jill teigen wrote this book, beautiful book, that is worth every penny it is. Shes here and after shell answer all the questions after the presentation and have a table set up here to answer more questions or even sign one of the books if you purchase one here today. Were going to go ahead and get started here. Again, thank you for coming and thank you Charlotte Waisman for being here today. Thank you. Its great to be with all of you and thanks for many of you i know coming its good to have the smiling audience right in front of you. I was asked to talk about women of the west and i was told, you know, to talk 45 minutes and take 15 min