Nybble welcome to the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. My name is paul, im the active directer of the library. I appreciate all of you coming to one of our continuing author talk presentations. Today we are very fortunate to have the really, the leading scholar on pat nixon, who is, by the way, born 100 years ago this year. Marry brennan, who did much of the research here for her book is the chair of the department of history at the university of texas in san marcos. Her specialty is post world war ii conservative movements, and she hoose twroin date three different books. Those being turning right at the 60s conservative capture of the g. O. P. With the wise mothers and the conservative women and the crusade against communism and the book we love around here pat nixon embattled first lady. Her work is an outstanding work, and i would like do you help me welcome her out to the stage to talk about her work. Mary brennan. [applause] thank you, paul. It is such a great hono
Giving on it. I wanted to say on a personal note that it is devoted and dedicated to my three wonderful grandchildren, emerson, piper and cole, and their very loving parents. And i also want to say that im delighted that my cousin, bill swift, and his family is here today to celebrate with us. I want to dedicate this talk to julie and trisha and ed and david who deserve to see their parents treated fairly. I think that sandy has told many me that the theme for this coming year is taking a new look at Richard Nixon. And thats a great context in which for me to tell you about this book, because by telling the story of Richard Nixon through the humanizing perspective of his wife and his marriage, his strengths are clarified, and his weaknesses are put many a new perspective. In a new perspective. 1948 when Richard Nixon was a member of the house, unamerican activities committee, and he was investigating alger hiss for communism, he never dreamed that 24 years later he would be in china op