canonized her, she was my wife. it is quite remarkable, despite the fact that she has not had a particularly positive people remember her as being dignified, they remember her as one devoted to her family. they remember her as one who might not have worn designer gowns, but she was blessed with natural beauty so she didn t need them, she was criticize. she should ve considered why didn t she make speeches? that shows she didn t have a mind of her own. but she is smart. she knows you can t have to voices out of the white house. she had her ideas and she express them privately. critics among the leaders of the past, they wouldn t understand, they wouldn t appreciate it all, she was self assured, self-confident, she didn t have such a big ego that she had to go out and prove that she had her own right, to her what was important was the career of her husband. we hear a lot of criticism about the president, the former president that much have went, in an friendly medi
test test test well, the nixon administration made a big effort with regard to hiring more women into the federal service. barbara franklin was the point person for this and it was a real initiative on the part of the nixon administration. did this come from pat nixon? we don t know. we know that julie played a role working with barbara franklin. there s no doubt that pat nixon was supportive but i don t know, perhaps you found evidence that she was the one who was pushing this. we do know that she was very disappointed in october of 1971. president nixon had two open seats on the supreme court. she really hoped that one of them would go to a woman. when that didn t happen, she let president nixon know in a private family dinner that julie writes about. she really let him know that she was not happy. and then didn t speak to him for a while, which was kind of her way of letting him stew on things and getting back
i say don t come out too often. this is unusual for me. i do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for planning this wonderful evening for me. i shall remember it always and thanks to the young people for this great pat nixon, first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. she went interest a hard background to the white house. she traveled more widely than anybody before her, made volunteerism her issue and was chief supporter and behind the scenes political adviser to her husband president richard nixon. good evening and welcome to c-span series first ladies influence and image. tonight we ll tell you the story of pat nixon. though her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husband s resignation from office in the wake of watergate, so we re going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. here are our t
so this is quite unusual for me but i did want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for this wonderful evening for me. i shall remember it always. and thanks to the young people for this great welcome. pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. she went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. as first lady, she traveled more widely than any before her, made volunteerisms her issue, and was a chief supporter and behind-the-scenes political adviser to her husband, president richard nixon. good evening, and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husband s resignation from office in the wake of watergate. so we re going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy.
we had to fear many former officials from the and other administrations have the print of the validation and were honored at you here tonight this year marks the 50th anniversary of patricia nixon becoming the first lady of the united states under her leadership white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection which is the most of the significance of this will be discussed in tonight s program but it s very important lost here at the white house of our mission which was inspired as most of you were all of you know by first lady jacqueline kennedy to be the private nonpartisan private partner to the white house for conservation and preservation restoration of those beautiful staterooms in the white house for the acquisition of items for the permanent collection at the white house as well and for education programs programs like this where we teach and tell the stories of the white house and its wonderful history going back t