through conversations with experts, and questions from c-span s audience, we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. now, mary todd lincoln, on first ladies influence an image or go. born in 1818 in lexington kentucky, mary todd grew up and lived to see her husband issued the emancipation proclamation 45 years later. a mother of four sons, she witnessed the death of three of those sons as well as her husband s assassination. her life was filled with tragedy, but as lincoln s political partner, she relished in his success. a look at the life and times of mary todd lincoln, one of the most complex first lady s. thank you for joining us on “first ladies: influence and image.” we invite to of our academic advisers. rosalyn penn is a history professor at meredith and morgan state university. at the table again is the director of five presidential libraries including the abraham lincoln library in springfield illinois and a presidential biographer. thank you for be
and as many of you know, it was met with some degree of controversy because there are those american citizens who said, but this was just a political correctness. and there were others who, in fact, they didn t even know who harriet tubman was. and various pictures of harriet tubman appeared on the internet and the people women who were in fact not harriet tubman. harriet tubman has usually been a subject of children s fiction. and very few people really know, at least american citizens we historians know who harriet tubman was. but that wasn t that s not the case with the american public. it was irony noted or the irony was noted in having tubman on the front of the $20 bill. and andrew jackson on the back. as many of you know, andrew jackson was not only a slave holder himself, but he was also oversaw indian removal and is renowned for being, really, an indian killer. so in addition to that, many people pointed to the fact that here you have harriet tubman who was
to continue the administration s effort to engage to create jobs and opportunities for america s workers. the 24th deal spent the morning and working sessions with the vice president, cabinet members and das and came together with the president to brief them on their discussions and recommendations. the group discussed the need to rollback burdensome regulations cycling cannot growth. the co bank for actions he s already taken, expressed the issues and the president pledged to do more through executive branch and by working with congress to pass legislation that will help further economic growth and job creation. this leader recommended the administration take a multifaceted approach to the next eight policies including tax reform for which secretary nguyen said the progress was continuing to be made. the president has committed to lowering taxes, level the playing field with other countries when it comes to trade and taxation. the group held a lengthy discussion about the ne
she has won awards on human rights abuse exposes and on health insurers who rescinded coverage for sick members. please give a warm welcome to ms. lisa. [applause] i want to introduce the rest of our panel. we are really lucky to have a diverse group that can speak to many aspects of this problem. chill is a legal scholar at ucla who has done a lot of research in the opioid epidemic and efforts to fix it. this is a fabulous journalist and reporter who i worked with at the paper and has written many books. she has written an amazing chronicle of this epidemic called dreamland. if you haven t read it, i highly recommend it. it s fabulous and touching and tragic. dr. larissa muni runs and addiction clinic at ucla and helps doctors learn how to cope with victims of this epidemic and she has done research into medication responses. this is a federal prosecutor down here in the courthouse in l.a. and as an assistant u.s. attorney, he has prosecuted doctors and drug rings and gang
kellyanne conway. [applause] [applause] good morning, wow. i thought this was going to be an intimate conversation between you and me and over 1000 of our closest friends. thank you all for being here. we are so honored to have kellyanne conway come join us today in this very special see pack. i want to start by sharing a little bit about yourself. you started picking berries on a farm in new jersey, raised by these incredibly powerful women, your mom, grandma and your aunts. you work with republicans across the board and then you become the first successful campaign manager and counselor to the president. kellyanne conway. what drives you? first of all, everything you just said is a complete and absolute blessing. women in this country work so hard and not all of them get their shot and i feel like i worked hard but i also got my opportunity which puts me in a different category of blessings. i was raised in a house, i call it south jerseys version of the golden girls. n