Test. Test. It was sitting there so long, they played out of that quarry but close but no cigar in terms of the color of the stone. So he was one of the engineers on the Washington Monument. Another little circular thing here, the guest of honor at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument in 1848 was George Washington and custis, this guy who helped complete it is on his lawn. That looks like the Washington Monument. This is the grave of the first person of european descent to be buried on the property and her name is mary randolph. Randolphs were very prominent in virginia. Her father was thomas mann ran go dolph and a direct descendent of pocahontas, and she wrote a book called the virginia housewife that was the most popular cookbook and housekeeping book of the early the first half of the 19th century. Her cuss cousin was the wife of George Washington custis and she was buried there. Born april 30, 1781, and died in 1857. From his death until the union troops came a
Helen taft was more ambitious about getting to the white house that her husband William Howard taft and was willing to get personally involved with politics to get him elected. Illness toe a series directly manage the white house, invited top Classical Musicians to perform their, and supported causes that matter to her. She also has one of the most visible legacies of all of the first ladies. Trees thatcherry bring tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. Good evening and welcome to first ladies. The life of helen taft. Her husband served in the white house. Here to tell us about her life is her buyer for biographer lewis gould. You open the book by making the case that of the 20th century first ladies, she is the most of your that you say she deserves better from history. My why she deserves better tell me why she deserves better. And she did things that were very constructive. The cherry trees, bringing Classical Musicians to the white house, and generally trying to ma
Patrick and living in a country with president barack obama. One of the reasons you just stated in creating better access to both Educational Opportunities and health care which is eliminating all of those other disparities. Its important we not upset about the 99 of the 47 and just remember that there are people behind all of those percentages, and people that has been struggling and People Living in poverty. If you talk about the shrinking middle class, who were the joining . And so i want a president and governor and a major that believes in making those critical investment in physical infrastructure and in people that support the rule that everyone has to play in the economy including giving people in poverty on a pathway to selfsufficiency that is just as important. A round of applause for the panel. [applause] jim bendat correspondent for msnbc come i tv and sky news is next on booktv. For the next half hour, he talks of the history of president ial inauguration going back to 79.
[applause] Doris Kearns Goodwin and scott heard its wonderful to have you here and welcome to miami. This is our premier annual cultural events so its great to have you here. You both have written books about president s who are part of the progressive era. Really, it was really started by eva roosevelt. Of course he was affectionately known as teddy so Doris Kearns Goodwin how did he start the progressive era and what propelled him to act . And what were his successes that are still with us today . I may indeed call him teddy even though he didnt like to be called teddy that but i think he has lost that data with history so Teddy Roosevelt came into power at a time when really the aspects of the Industrial Age had not been dealt with since the civil war. There was no real Workers Compensation. Women and children were exploited in the factories. Huge monopolies were heating up, the gap to train the rich and the poor had grown wider sounded familiar to situations of today. Additional re
Dylan steve will be at the signing tent after if you have additional questions. Those of you been dying to know who i am. I am jessica grogan. I also have a book in the 60s is at the festival this weekend and you can find that in the 10th as well. [applause] [inaudible conversations] where youre at the National Press club with jennifer baumgardner. We are talking about we do . I would say this book is a feelgood book about one of the most frank thinks that have been politically in last couple decades. Now its a done deal. Its considering that momentum is continuing. I dont often have this happy of his tory. Its also a meditation on marriage. Im a feminist writer and i thought a lot about marriage. As a married person. I have a lot of issues with it. I think it has historically a lot of complexity for all of us as people who care about social is, but also value in something i was trying to grapple with in the book. And then theres american leaders as they came to terms with what it mean