Talking. This was important to her to make everyone feel welcome. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison she sat side by side with James Madison helping him. Jim moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scene in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during Thomas Jeffersons two terms. The president often called her called on her to assist him. This sense of the usefulness of diplomacy allout dali to hit the ball running. She assumed the role in 89 as her husband James Madison became the president. Welcome. We will learn about the intriguing Dolly Madison. We have two guests at our table. Let me introduce you to them. An author and biographer of Dolly Madison Dolley Madison. Thank you for being here. Our other guest was the creator of the f
Next monday night first Lady Elizabeth monroe was more private than Dolley Madison. She refused to continue the tradition of making social calls around the city. She spoke french inside the white house and gained a reputation of being queenly by her critics. And Louisa Katherine adams was the only first lady born outside the u. S. Next monday live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan and cspan 3, also on cspan radio and cspan. Org. And our website has more about the first ladies including a welcome to the white house. The association is offing the book first ladies of the United States of america. And thoughts from Michelle Obama on the role of first ladies throughout history now available for the discounted price of 12. 95 plus shipping at cspan. Org slash products. Now the American Public Transportation Association discusses its priorities and spending cuts. Well hear from the Railroad Administration and the trance it administration. This is an hour and ten minutes. I agree, please wake up
There was too much looking down and i think it was a little too fast. Not enough change of pace. She is probably the most tragic of all our first ladies. They never should have married. She later wrote as a memoir that i myself never made any decisions. I only decided what was important and when to present it to my husband. You stop and think about how much power that is, it is a lot of power. Part of the battle cahill against cancer is the fight the fear that accompanies the disease. She transformed the way we look at these bugaboos and made it possible for people to survive and flourish. I cannot know how many president s have that kind of impact on the way we live our lives to regret smocking around the white house grounds, i am reminded about all the people who lived there before and particularly, all of the women. First ladies, influence and image. Monday night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cnn, cspan radio and scheming live at cpspan. Org. [captioning performed by national captioning
On those tests, and we are even in about a winning teachers on their ability to improve reading or writing, whether they teach it or not. It does not matter. When everyone is focused on that, how have you guys succeeded in pushing a social and Emotional Character Development agenda so well . We do not have much time, so lets start with you, shelley. It is necessary that you help people make the link between social and Emotional Learning and the academic curriculum. People understand the culture and climate of schools is critical. I have indicated my board, teachers, and parents. The resonance of that has been very responsive. When you state it that way, i have not found difficulty in moving forward, in any of the districts i have been in. People understand character matters. When you create a positive climate, students will do better. For me, asa started this for us, and we can now let we cannot let children fall behind. Fortunately, there is a lot of evidence that shows kids to have t
Here. Second terms tend to be more difficult. Why is that . Give us the history. Well, i dont know if i totally believe that. And i know its so popular right now that i hate to be the contrarian where were saying second terms are a curse and that theyre so much more difficult. I think any president would rather be in their second term than having to be in a first term with a huge election looming. So i think you get a lot of relief when youre president in the second term that you dont have to run again. Also, theres a notion there are scandals that occur in the second term on nixon and watergate and irancontra and lewinsky problems, all ones people raise. What they miss, is what would bill clinton have been without a second term. It wasnt the lewinsky issue that matters in the end but when he left office we had a surplus and that the triangulation worked and was able to have a balanced budget and couldnt have done it without a second term. We dont dwell on Ronald Reagans irancontra deb