I think it is good in a world where theres quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and the emotion that unite us all. Jacqueline kennedys 1,000 day as first lady were defined by images, political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. As television came of age, it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedys assassination and funeral that cemented Jacqueline Kennedy in the public consciousness. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of the wife of the 35th president of the United States Jacqueline Bouvier kennedy. We will tell you more about her life story. President ial historian and author of many books on the presidency and has a special focus on the cold war era and the Kennedy Administration. Barbara kennedy is a political scientist and wrote part of the jack Jacqueline Kennedy biography. I want to get into more details about the white house years about the assassination
Where theres quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. Jacqueline kennedys 1 is,000 days as first lady, political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. As television came of age it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedys assassination and funeral that cemented Jacqueline Kennedy in the public consciousness. Good evening, welcome to cspans series, first ladies. Tonight, jacqueline buvier kennedy. Michael beschloss, historian. Has a special focus over the years on the cold war era and Kennedy Administration. Thanks for being here. Pleasure. Barbara perry is a uva political scientist. As part of the modern first ladies series at the university of kansas. Great to be here. I want to start on the program before we get into more details about her white house years with the assassination and imagery of the assassination, since anyone alive at that age certainly has the images seared in their mind and su
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