She was not happy that her husband had been elected president. She was not looking forward to being the first lady. The problem was of course, that he died only one month into his presidency, and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate, he and his wife laetitia and her family moved to williamsburg. It is right here that laetitia tyler suffered her stroke in 1839 and john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President William Henri harrison, and it is also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became tenth president of the United States, and that laetitia tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and guys. Her husband goes into great morning and then he meets Julia Gardiner who is another young love in her twenties. Julia is the madonna of the first ladies. She loved publicity. She actually posed as a model which was frowned upon. She was bewitching. They had a total of a
Flying during the age of rus ma experience. Multiple airlines are suspending all or part of their alcoholic Beverage Service in response to covid19. You cant get gin and tonic on the plane anymore. They want to limit interaction between crew and passengers and airlines limiting drink options to just water. It is a new world. Allie and garcia, im not sure how comfortable either of you will be the fly. I will start with you, kelly, are you taking the flight soon . We had a deep discussion about it in our high school. Is it better to drive or safer to take a quick 45 minute flight to see family, and only family. Its a discussion a lot of families are having. People want to get out but there is a lot of concern about how to do that safely. Allie, and sal, ive seen people were no one is on the board and people wear a mask but you all use the same bathroom and you all get the same Beverage Service from the cart. You dont know what you are getting into when you buy the plane ticket. Family is
We reclaim our community by bringing Emotional Intelligence to technology. Just a little more about rana, she was named by forbes in a list of americas top 50 women in tech and fortune recently included are also on the list of 40 under 40. She is also the cohost of the pbs series on a i in 2018 as she is an allaround awesome person and its really what a great to have you here, rana. Before we dive and i want to share her overall mission. Every thing we do is to unlock Oil Potential potential people around us. That happens to learning and three community. Before we learn about the world and about ourselves and the more we surround ourselves with other passionate individuals who want to make a lasting positive effect, the better we going to unlock our potential. When i reflect on this topic, Emotional Intelligence, ai, this isnt just about machines. Its also about us in the future that we want to shape and that we want to be part of. I want to kick off by asking you why is this topic so
With that selfdetermination and that fight for control. Some of those are fairly well known just like a navajo weaver we get to know their stories were lost to history and tell now and then to show the importance of individual actions even in the midst of a larger military conflict. And it is history that keeps the reader turning the pages. A writer and historian living in lincoln and writing for several publications the Washington Times and Smithsonian Magazine earning her ba in history and literature and phd from american studies from the university of iowa. Teaching at texas tech, cal state fullerton, harvard and brown also the author of true indignation and troubling earth. She will talk about the three cornered war and how it came to be or share some anecdotes during the process and read a passage or two that open to questions to thehe audience. Please help give a warm welcome to magan kate nelson. [applause] thank you for coming out on this drizzly cold night. Before we begin, wo
For everything you can go to the website politics prose. Com or pick up one of the monthly printed calendars. Before we get started, id like to ask everyone to please silence your cell phones so as not to disrupt the event. When we get to the qanda if you could line up at the microphone at the pillar, that would be great as we are audio recording and booktv is filming as well so we would like to have your questions in their. Following the qanda we will have a signing at the table and if you could leave your chairs where they are we have a couple more readings today that would be fantastic. And so today we are very excited to welcome robert plumb here celebrating his newest book the better angels five women who changed the civil war america. Collective biography of five extraordinary women who came to National Prominence during the civil war. Documenting how the conflict left openings for women to assume roles held by men and ensuring the depth of passion and commitment. To them and tir