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cooperation with the white house historical cooperations. through conversations with experts, video tours and questions with the audience, we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. mimi eisenhower on first ladies, influence and image. this is about 90 minutes. today, it is our pleasure to entertain for the first time, our first lady, at this her belated birthday party.(begin video clip) to mamie many happy returns. to mamie with music, 160 million join in our chorus. to mamie with music, to mamie, with love. susan swain: a birthday tribute to mamie eisenhower, televised nationally by cbs in march of 1956, just a few weeks after her husband, president dwight eisenhower, announced his bid for reelection. tonight, 1950s america and the life and times of first lady mamie eisenhower. good evening and welcome to c-span series, first ladies: influence and image. tonight is mamie eisenhower s turn. and here to tell us about her life are two people who have spent ....
to mamie with music, 160 million join in our chorus. to mamie with music, to mamie, with love. susan swain: a birthday tribute to mamie eisenhower, televised nationally by cbs in march of 1956, just a few weeks after her husband, president dwight eisenhower, announced his bid for reelection. tonight, 1950s america and the life and times of first lady mamie eisenhower. good evening and welcome to c-span series, first ladies: influence and image. tonight is mamie eisenhower s turn. and here to tell us about her life are two people who have spent a lot of time with first ladies, and in particular in marilyn holt s case, mamie eisenhower. she s a historian and author of a biography called, mamie eisenhower, the general s first lady. we also welcome back edith mayo to the table. edie s been one of our guiding forces among academic historians on first ladies for this whole series. it s nice to see you again. edith mayo: nice to be back. susan: well, what should we tak ....
ladies influenced an image. this is two hours. i think every first lady shouldn t do something to help should do something to help. everything in the white house should be the best. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days 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 kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tell you the story of the wife of the 35th president of the united states, named jacqueline bouvier kennedy. and we have two guests at ....
a beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. to me, it describes the whole effort to bring the natural world and the man-made world into harmony, to bring youthfulness, delight, to our whole environment and that, of course, only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping. that is it from a film created about the johnson family. lady bird johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. she was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman and savvy partner to her husband, lyndon johnson. good evening. theght, we will tell you story of claudia taylor johnson known as lady bird, the wife of our 36th president. here to tell her story are cokie roberts, political commentary for abc news and npr, also the author of two books, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. betty boyle curly is an expert and working on a biography of lady bird johnson. i want to start with the beginning, where we were 50 years ago this week ....
conversations with experts, tors of historical sites, and questions from c-span s audience, we tell the stories of the first ladies. now, lady bird johnson. this is about two hours. lady bird johnson: a beautification to my mind is far more than a matter of cosmetics. to me, it describes the whole effort to bring the natural world and the man-made world into harmony. to bring order, usefulness, delight to our whole environment. that, of course, only begins with trees, flowers, and landscaping. susan swain: that s from a film created by the johnson administration with lady bird johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. she was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman, and a savvy political partner to her husband, our 36th president, lyndon baines johnson. good evening, and welcome to c-span s first ladies: influence and image. tonight we ll tell you the story of claudia taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird, the wife of o ....