susan: caroline scott harrison was born in 1832 where she met benjamin harrison. she grew into an accomplished artist, interested in women s issues. although the harrison presidency has been rated as fairly unsuccessful by some historians, those who tracked first ladies considered caroline harrison as one of the more underrated to serve in this role. we ll learn why in this segment of first ladies: influence and image and here to tell us more about the story of caroline harrison, our two guests who know the office well. edie mayo, thanks for coming back. and bill seale, white house historian, has spent his professional career understanding the history of that building. bill and edie are both members of c-span s academic advisory committee for this series. we re going to start with an illustration tonight. the white house itself is one of the most iconic buildings in the world. if caroline harrison had had her way, it would like different today. we have her designs for the w
susan swain: caroline scott harrison was born in 1832 in oxford, ohio, where she met benjamin harrison. married when she was 21, she grew into an accomplished artist, interested in women s issues. although the harrison presidency has been rated as fairly unsuccessful by some historians, those who track first ladies consider caroline harrison as one of the more underrated to serve in this role. we ll learn why in this segment of first ladies: influence and image. and here to tell us more about the story of caroline harrison are two guests who know the office well. edi mayo, first ladies historian, the director emeritus of that enormously popular first ladies exhibit at the smithsonian. edi, thanks for coming back. edith mayo: thank you. susan swain: and bill seale, white house historian, has spent his professional career understanding the history of that building. among his books is the president s house. bill and edi are both members of c-span s academic advisory committe
she teaches a class discussing the ways northern middle class women volunteered during civil war. she focuses on louisa may alcott. chronicled in her book called hospital sketches. it s about an hour. all right. well, welcome. to a class that will focus on women and volunteerism during the u.s. civil war. you all read a primary source document written by a woman who participated in the civil war. louisa may alcott. who worked as a nurse. so we re going to start off our class today by looking at hospital sketches. which all of you should have available to you. and out ready to chat. about the source. so the big question that we re posing and investigating today is is how did women s volunteerism shape the choices that they made during the civil war. there s two questions. and then how did that volunteerism influence the out come or affect the out come of the civil war. those are our over arching questions that we re looking at today. we start with louisa may alcott. and her
you all read a primary source document written by a woman who participated in the civil war. louisa may alcott. who worked as a nurse. so we re going to start off our class today by looking at hospital sketches. which all of you should have available to you. and out ready to chat. about the source. so the big question that we re posing and investigating today is is how did women s volunteerism shape the choices that they made during the civil war. there s two questions. and then how did that volunteerism influence the out come or affect the out come of the civil war. those are our over arching questions that we re looking at today. we start with louisa may alcott. and her hospital sketches. which was published during the war. it was serialized and published. so americans who read the magazine that it was published in dould read about her experiences in a civil war era hospital. so let s start by i d like to hear your thoughts about this account. of civil war hospitals. what
sketches, which all of you should have available to you. the big question we are posing investigating today, is how did theolunteerism choices they made during the that war, and how does voluntarism affect the outcome of the civil war? those are our overarching questions we looking at. we start with louisa may alcott enter sketches. i would like to hear your thoughts on this account. alcott t louisa may what do you think about louisa alcott? is down so we can look in her is the same time as we talk about her. and she is. all right. let s will like about it that we haven t had any exposure to inside of the hospital. we just know them from killer angels. see a first-in experience of what it was like, being tossed with the not just helping the cultures and death no one really made it out of the hospital ok. and, what washat involved with the best they could do was cut off the limit and hope for the best. all right good. good. a first insider s look from a , what the c