She has published six books. Most recently editing in 2016 a companion to first ladies. Blackwell companion to american history. Monographs include reds in america, stolen secrets and the dawn of the cold war, loans and legitimacy, the evolution of soviet american revelations and the subject of tonights presentation which is for sale right outside. First Lady Florence harding, behind the tragedy and controversy. Dr. Sibly serves on the Editorial Board for american communist history and on the historical raisery committee for the United States department of state. She received her ph. D from the university of california santa barbara. Her commentary has appeared recently, to name a few, in time, the guardian, usa today and Canadian Broadcasting Company and the new yorker or the new york post, my apologies and heres something you dont hear about historians every single day. In 2011 she got to appear as Florence Harding in a play which she wrote at the ohio state marion campus. We are so
Her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book is called first lady Florence Harding behind the tragedy and the controversy. Thank you for being here. David pietrusza i
Other people were sending letters, the letters are crafted in a way that they dont give away anything you would call covered by the secrecy. They speak in general terms, except for a few of the letters by some members, never by washington, to their children. There is no indication that they were then released. What is so impressive about the secrecy is that several members of the convention were aghast at what happened, such as the delegates from new york. Lanston and gates were furious. They stormed off and left in the middle of the convention leaving new york no longer represented. Yet even they did not report what was happening. They felt bound. That was a sense of honor that prevailed in that day, but even they when the convention was over they told the governor clinton everything, but even they didnt spill the beans. That really speaks to the honor and commitment to their words that americans had back then. After reading through this thing, i have enormous respect for both sides,
Antifeminist. Sunday, your questions for author Christina Hoff sommers. And looking ahead to the new in on joint mark leva january 5. Nd awe. As like shock ad i could close my eyes and see him on the stretcher. I could see him putting his hands up and his eyes. I could close my eyes and see it. I will never forget that first case, bringing me to reality of what was going on here. After he got into the tent, there was an initial triage. We got the report and saw him. The other team starts to work. We got pulled in, myself and my colleagues that wrote the forward. We both got pulled in. The other team wanted us to begin right away. They did not want us to be bystanders. Get involved right away. Once they did that, it was like a jolt. To you have to act, you have be a doctor, a surgeon, a care provider. Emotion to dismiss your and talk that away, what you are feeling tuck that away. You have one objective. You have to stop the bleeding. You have to get him back home to his family. He uses
Good evening. We are going to tell you the story of Florence Harding, who has been neglected and derided throughout history. And hardings came in as popular people. We are going to learn about her and her husbands time in office. Let me introduce you to our guest. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Joseph college. Her book is called behind the tragedy and controversy. David pietrusza is a guest as well. Authorntial historian, of the book 1920, the year of the six president s. When he came to office, it was in a landside. Set the stage for what brought these people into office. The mood of the country is bad. It is the year when any republican who ran, the trick was to get to the nomination. Tr was supposed to be the nominee. There was a big split. That is patch. Tr dies in his sleep. There are people who want to fill the void. The governor of illinois. Which leads you to the fourth man, the available man, andrew sinclair, Warren Harding. Too cold,too hot, not not too much o