Susan Grace Coolidge was enormously popular as first lady, and influenced the taste of american women by becoming a style icon. Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. President coolidge was one of those men who started
Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. President coolidge was one of those men who started small in city council, a City Solicitor in massachusetts where the coolidges lived, and went all the way up the ladder of the s
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Killing his underage girlfriends mother. The big story, the excessive heat holding a grim grip on the delaware and lehigh valleys. Sky6 live hd looking at the beach in cape may. Nobody is there yet. The jersey shore may offer relief from this humid air. The beach may not offer relief out there, also temperatures feeling like 110. Chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Feeling 110 . Reporter thats in the city. At the shore, feeling close to 100. The water is very, very warm. Reporter october cant get here soon enough. Its warm and sticky once again this morning with a breath of humidity levels, dewpoints in the mid 70s. They will stay there all weekend long, high temperatures close to 100 degrees today. You combine the two, yeah you get feelslike temperatures close to 110. Beautiful shot looking at the camden waterfront, the sun is starting to rise, you can see the clouds, 82 degrees in the city. It didnt cool off too much, i believe the overnight low was 79. Wilm