They focus on first lady betty ford and her impact on american society. The white house historical association hosted this event and provided the video. Doesn t it always seem that the most chaotic time in our country is right now? the greatest risks and the greatest challenges? well, that isn t really true. When i was, first, assigned to come to washington by abc news, in 1974, the nation was deeply divided in protests over the vietnam war. The economy was racked with inflation. And for the only time in american history, a u. S. President resigned in disgrace. It was, at that moment, that abc news gave me the great honor of assigning me to the white house to what came next. It was the administration of gerald ford. And with it, came, of course, the energy and the grace of betty ford. On the eve of mother s day, we are going to explore those memories with her daughter, susan ford bales. And she is going to take your questions using that q a function down at the bottom of your screen. N
carden and governor sununu in this room. this stage has welcomed over the last 100 years some very interesting people. and tonight we re making history to learn about some of the inner workings of the white house. but i want to mention there have been pundits, there have been professors. actually there was a professor here a couple of months ago who led a group of us to egypt, 87 of us to be precise. and he s the professor that s pushing back the dates of the pyramid and the sphinx like to 10,000 years which i think is wonderful. there s also been a very famous writer by the name of samuel clemons who was here, mark twain. and my father remembers as a 12-year-old boy he used to sit with other kids from dublin at the feet of the writer. and mark twain would read some of his latest work. and then of course most special of all the white house connection was the 300-pound president. neither bushes would have qualified for that. william howard taft s secretary of the treasury buil
the white house historical association hosted this discussion. i m the president of the white house historical association, and it s my privilege to well you, many of you back to historic decatur house and the white house historical association for another one of our wonderful lectures. tonight is one of the annual national heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u.s. capital historical society and the u.s. supreme court historical society. we have our wonderful colleagues here tonight and my great friend jane campbells the new president of the capital historic society, and i d like to welcome you here today. on june 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. the suffragists used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to their cause. and tonight we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure womens right to vote. but before i introduce our speaker i have a couple of
role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend. good evening, everyone. to all of our friends here and those watching by c-span and on facebook live. my name is stewart mclaruin and i m the president of the white house historical association. it s my privilege to welcome you to decatur house and to the white house historical association. tonight s program is very exciting and we are honored to partner with our good friends at the richard nixon foundation. we would like to welcome dr. jim cavanaugh of the nixon foundation and his wife ester in the front row. hugh hewitt the president of the nixon foundation you will hear from in a few moments. we have many distinguished guests with us here, many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the nixon foundation and we re honored to have you here tonight. this year marks the 50th anniversary of patricia nixon becoming the first lady of th
stewart: my name is stuart, the president of the white house historical association. it is my privilege to welcome many of you back to the historic decatur house and the white house historical association for another one of our wonderful lectures. tonight is one of the annual national heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u.s. capitol historical society and the u.s. supreme court historical society, and we have our wonderful colleagues from both tonight, and we would like to welcome you here today. on june 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. the silver just used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to their cause. tonight, we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure women s right to vote. before i introduce our speaker, i have a couple of other introductions and things i would like to share. first of all, we have guests from smith college tonight, the w