So i knew of course that taft succeeded teddy and they would run against each other 1912, but then you always go back and i know scott does too, you want the primary sources, the letters and diaries and private journals for historians so when i found the 400 letters between the two, i realized they become friends when they were in their early 30s and an odd couple, teddy who is marching around everywhere doing wrestling and boxing and taft wayne between 250 and 350 is not doing much wrestling and boxing at that point, but they liked each other and the opposites almost attracted and teddy brings them into his cabinet, he becomes the most important person in his cabinet even though all his life he wanted to be a judge, never a politician, from from that he decides hes the man i want to succeed me, he runs the taft campaign, gives him advice at every moment, the only thing he did not give him a vice was the Campaign Song which i dont think teddy wouldve approved of it was get on a raft wi
Another journalist in the book, that they were really consumed with this thought and concerned. I thought that i would read you from this chapter i will stay with you, mary, because its sort of rings that alive. I will read this. People, a. Mitchell palmer and J Edgar Hoover were heroes. For others, they were the villains. Those who saw them as villains might have chosen William Monroe for their alice paul heroes. Excuse me. An American Hero is someone who protested and justices come any quality, and prejudice . What was it someone who protected the American Public from protesters . Was it the man who rounded up a mob to attack an alleged murderer, or wasnt the man who took a bullet trying to stop him . What of the worker, who went on strike to improve wages and conditions . Was it the manager who struggle to keep production moving during the strike . American ideals of individualism and freedom sometime use the notions of villains and heroes. Their willingness to oppose the popular cu
Good evening, everybody. Im Betsy Fischer martin, the executive director of the women in Politics Institute at American University. And welcome to our virtual series, women on wednesdays. We are glad you could join us this evening. To those of you need one of our events, wpi, is a nonprofit and nonpartisan institute in School Public affairs that aims to close the gender gap in political leadership. Now we offer academic and practical Campaign Training and we facilitate research and discussions like this on women in politics and leadership. And we are so pleased to be cohosting tonights conversation with the first ladys association for research and education, otherwise known as claire and amys first ladies initiative, which seeks to highlight the significant contributions of americas first ladies. And there is no doubt that the subject of tonights discussion edith wilson is among the most influent and powerful president ial spouses in history. In fact, for several months from late 1919
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