Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact that she took no interest in politics and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. She would not have married him had he been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. It became a shrine to her husband. She would invite anybody who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had accrued over there long and illustrious career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would visit her to pay their respects. It was very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went t
Women where they could wield a great deal of political power. Here, Dolley Madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them, got them together, got them talking. This is very important for dolley to make everyone feel welcome. Whether they were enemies or allies. Dolley popularized the style to american fashion, that was considered her classic look. People noticed it. The octagon, it was the perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison as they try to resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his entire meant, helping him compile his papers. She moved back to washington d. C. And became a grand, very much behind the scenes in the political field again. As henry clay said, everyone loves mrs. Madison, and then her equally famous response, thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady with the experi
I think it is good in a world where theres quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and the emotion that unite us all. Jacqueline kennedys 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 kennedys assassination and funeral that cemented Jacqueline Kennedy in the public consciousness. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series influence and image. Tonight well 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. President ial 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 about the assassination
Sarah polk was very big on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She took an interest in politics, and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he want to see in the legislature, because if she would not married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for James Kaye Polk, he died three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42 year widowhood. Pulled place became a shrine and she would invite anyone she wanted to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects. Thats very interesting as a commentary on what a beloved status she had. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went to eve
Where theres quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. Jacqueline kennedys 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 kennedys assassination and funeral that cemented Jacqueline Kennedy in the public consciousness. Good evening, welcome to cspans 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 seared in their mind and su