Mother. She doesnt neglect her children but she also embraces the life. Lucy wrote womens minds are as strong as mans, equal in all things and superior in some. Born lucy wrote womens minds are as strong as mans, equal in all things and superior in some. Born in 1831 in ohio she was the first, first lady to earn a College Degree, and her life tells us much about the times in which she lived. Experiencing the civil war reconstruction and the guilded age and social forces usher in an era of enormous change. Welcome. Tonight we learn about the 19th president s. She is the author of the first ladies of the United States of america, a collection of biographies published by the White House Historical association. Welcome. And 1876, this country is joy usly celebrating what the 100th centennial and its an election year. The election is greatly contested with no clear victor. Tell us about the atmosphere with which they arrive at the white house. Its pretty schizophrenic, to tell you the truth
Its only in recent years that a lot of scholarship has focused on the fact that their the fact of how rocky their marriage was, specifically in its early days. I think in the early years, james found her a bit distant and cold. As the years went by, she had a tremendous influence on him. James and lucretia spent a lot of time with their children. They felt that education was an emancipating factor. Mrs. Garfield adored her time at the exhibition, but she was specifically interested in the latest sciences and technologies of the day. After James Garfields death, a number of prominent citizens raised about 350,000 that was turned over to Lucretia Garfield. In todays dollars, it would equate to somewhere around 8 million. Her character was extremely exceedingly strong. She had a rectitude that was invulnerable. Host Lucretia Garfield was born in ohio in 1832. Her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. A supporter of womens rights and deeply interes
That were appointed position s, that were, you know, at the discretion of people in power, ended up being a power struggle within the party between an ohiobased party, which is James Garfields party also Rutherford Hayes was from the same not only the same part of ohio, but the same kind of thinking and what were called the stalwarts, which were new yorkbased. And, you know, you see certain states really emerge throughout history with holding on to power within a particular party. And then in new york, that was really headed by a man by the name of roscoe conkling, who became a United States senator. So this is the struggle, and you see then, of course, the person who ends up shooting president garfield, deranged, of course, Charles Guiteau, but proudly screaming with the gun in his hand, im a stalwart. Now arthur is president. And that was a reference to the fact that Vice President arthur elected with garfield was of the new york wing of the party. Swain well, garfield himself was a
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact and she really took an interest in politics and that she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician. So she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if hed been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband and she would invite anybody who wanted to come for a visit to see the objects that they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact and she really took an interest in politics and that she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician. So she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if hed been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband and she would invite anybody who wanted to come for a visit to see the objects that they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a