Every step of the way. This morning rita braver will spend some time with jill biden. We lift each other up. Reporter despite the demands of being a political spouse, jill biden has always maintained her career as a Community College teacher. And now she could make history. Do you think youll keep teaching if you become first lady . I hope so. Reporter really . If we get to the white house, im going to continue to teach, yeah. Reporter ahead on sunday morning, life with jill biden, not just a day at the beach. Pauley then it is on to a legend of popular music by the name of james taylor. Hhe has been going strong for more than 50 years. And as i found out earlier this year, he is eager to share his memories. Ive seen fire and ive seen rain reporter his voice is unmistakable. Good night, moonlight lady reporter so is the way he picks that guitar. That is a song im proud of. I think it came out really well and i worked hard on it. Reporter how old were you . I guess i was 20. Pauley a vi
Next, in an interview with cspan, former first lady rose lynn carter talked about the lessons she learned as first ladies, as well as her time in the white house and working alongside her husband, former president jimmy carter. Do you remember when you and president carter started having conversations about him running for president . I do. What was that like . What was that conversation . It was very interesting. We had a friend that wrote and told jimmy that he thought he ought to run for president. Well, we couldnt even say the word. That my husband is running for i didnt tell anybody because we kept it very quiet. And but then once he decided that he would do it, that was when i couldnt he could hardly say im going to be president. It was just something that was we never ever dreamed would happen. And but it was exciting. I was excited about it. I had campaigned whole last year before the governs race. And it was hard. And amy was a baby. And i didnt like to leave her all the time.
Opportunity. So i would i would advise any first lady to do what she wanted to do. If she doesnt want and another thing i learned is youre going to criticized no matter what you do. I could have stayed there at the white house, poured tea, had receptions, and i would have been criticized as much as i was criticized outside of for what i did, but and i got a lot of criticism. But you learn to live with it, as i said earlier. I mean, just live with it. You expect it, and you live with it and never let it influence me. Rosalynn carter, in a recent interview conducted for this series in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. As first lady, she attended president jimmy carters cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Mental Health issues, even testifying before congress. Their partnership on issues has continued in their long postwhite house years. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, we turn the pa
Betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency, and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of gerald ford. Here for the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If youve been watching our series, you know him. Hes one of the academic advisers for the project. Hes launched a number of president ial libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords. So, you bring that to the table as well. Sure, in interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fortunate to become friends with both of the fords. But we want to st
Effort to bring the Natural World and the man made world into harmony. To bring order, usefulness and delight to our whole environment, and that only begins with trees and flowers and landscapes. Thats from a film created by the johnson administration, with a deeper johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaign, or successful businesswoman and a savvy political partner, are 36 president , lyndon bains johnson. Good evening, welcome to cspans first ladies. Well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnston, also known as ladybird. Our two guests are cokie roberts, the host of womens political history, thanks for being here. Betty boyd caroli is the author of numerous books about first ladies, and is working on a new autobiography of labor johnson. Lets start with where we were 50 years ago. What are the immediate challenges for the brandnew first couple in those first terrible days after the assassination of kennedy . They were enorm