So this is quite unusual for me but i did want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than any before her, made volunteerisms her issue, and was a chief supporter and behindthescenes political adviser to her husband, president Richard Nixon. Good evening, and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to
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Influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to tell her story. Tim naftali is a president ial historian and the former head of the Nixon Library. And meet mary brennan, who is a pat nixon biographer and also history professor at texas state university. Well, welcome to both of you. Lets start with this perception of pat nixon. She is described in your book, actually, as an enigma. So what should people know . What are a couple of things about pat nixon that theyd be surprised to learn . Ms. Brennan pat was fun and funny. People who knew her talked about her sense of humor. And she was adventurous. As a young woman, she worked for a hospital in new york city, and she would
In those days it was methodical about how careful we were. We would check with each other. I had a rent who is a great reporter from the wall street journal, we had a buddy system. If i felt something is not entirely confident about i will go to him. In the white house itself we had a terrific staff at the lower level. The press secretary of staff and other people who had real concern about the fate of the country and they quietly shared that with people. It was a great testimony and a great system. In the and, justice prevail. But right to the end, a lot of people in america thought this was all a press of some kind or there is the Democratic Party of some kind. When they heard this up record they went the other way and said, you have got to go. Host marion ohio you are the last call. Caller thank you for sharing what i would have to call on bridled optimism with us. I know you have millions of people out there pulling for your full recovery. My question is really quite simple. What i