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
Susan swain 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 shlaes 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 state of massachusetts, and then to vicepresident. So, one could never be prepared for a shock like the death of a presiden
Welcome to all of our regulars, for anyone who is a first timer the secret science club is at event series and we bring sciences of all disciplines out of their labs and onto the public stages. Here they can be part of the cultural life of new york city and people like you and me can come and be informed, energized and be engaged by scientific ideas and discovery and interact directly with some of the scientist. Secret science club, our regular hang out our main layers in brooklyn but secret science club north, we are back here tonight in manhattan as a part of our fifth miniseries at sympathy space. We would really like to thank all of the people at symphony space, the staff, particularly kathy led down Johanna Thompson Rebecca White mary mead, james lazio, and zach ricci for help us expand our showing. Began for them. [applause] very big special thank you to the bar, we have the bar actually to the back and left if youve not visited yet. They have concocted our cocktail does your or
Science club north. For anybody who is a first timer for secret science club events we are a series that brings scientists of all disciplines out onto the public stages where they can be part of the cultural life of the city and for people like you can, and interact directly with them and be informed at the same time energized by scientific ideas and discoveries. A regular hangout is that the bellhouse in brooklyn. [applause] we have got the bellhouse fans, very nice but secret science club north back here tonight for the kickoff of our season here better fit for many seasons for the secret science club north. We are also happy to kick off the season right behind the new republic as always. We want to thank the staff particularly kathy landau joined the thompson and darren criss the Rebecca White and merry meet for helping us in that. They are the best and the very special thanks to the bar for creating the quantum cocktail exhibit a. It has in it Bourbon Maple syrup and a topless wome