i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and the emotion that unite us all. jacqueline kennedy s 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 kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening, and welcome to c-span series influence and image. tonight we ll 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. presidential 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 abo
where there s quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. jacqueline kennedy s 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 kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening, welcome to c-span s 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
questions from the audience, we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. now, jacqueline kennedy. this is about two hours. (begin video clip) jacqueline kennedy: and i think every first lady should do something in this position to help the things she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best the entertainment that s given here. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. (end video clip) susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days 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 kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-sp
audience. america se story of 45 first ladies. .ow, jacqueline kennedy this is about two hours. jacqueline kennedy: and i think every first lady should do something in this position to help the things she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best the entertainment that s given here. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days 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 kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tel
ladies influenced an image. this is two hours. i think every first lady shouldn t do something to help should do something to help. everything in the white house should be the best. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days 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 kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tell you the story of the wife of the 35th president of the united states, named jacqueline bouvier kennedy. and we have two guests at the ta