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ladies: influence and image. this is about an hour and a half. she was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. this is the earliest existing house. they lived here in the 1830 s and 1840 s. she was educated and taught school. she would work. the north and south fought all over the civil war. it changed hands 26 times. they did have domestic help. it was used as a hospital, it was used as a place to stay and it was destroyed. eliza wasn t able to get out much. she brought home many gifts. this is the room she returned to. she is obscure. she s who he needed. ms. swain: abraham lincoln s assassination weeks after his second inaugural shocked a war-ravaged nation. johnson s wife eliza was 54 years old when she was thrust into the role as first lady. he navigated the end of the civil war, reconstruction in the south and his own impeachment. this week on first ladies, the life and times of eliza johnson.” we learn more, let me in ....
andrew and eliza did purchase slaves. so they did have domestic help. it was used as a hospital. it was used as a place to stay and it was basically destroyed. eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasn t able to get out much. eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. this is the room she returned to after their years in the white house. she s just obscure, as she probably would ve wanted it. but she s who he needed. susan swain: abraham lincoln s assassination, just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a war-ravaged nation, and brought his southern democrat vice president, andrew johnson, into the white house. johnson s wife, eliza, was 54 years old and an invalid when she was thrust into the role of first lady, determined to be a helpmate to her husband as he navigated the turbulent end of the civil war, reconstruction in the south, and his own impeachment. this week on cspan s first ladies, the life and times of eliza mccardle johnson. goo ....
ladies and cooperation with the white house historical association. through conversation with experts and questions from the audience, we tell the stories of america s first ladies. now, julia grant. this is about 1.5 hours. serving as first lady from 1869 to 1877, by all accounts, julia grant relished the role, once commenting that life inside the white house was a garden spot of orchids.” growing up in a slave-holding family, she ended up as the spouse of the commanding general of the u.s. army during the civil war. she and ulysses s. grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the triumphs of politics, and eight challenging years in the white house. welcome to our program, our continuing series, first ladies: influence and image. tonight, the life of julia grant. let me introduce you to our two guests at the table. bill seale is a member of our academic advisory panel for this series. we re delighted to have him here. he s a longtime whi ....
president donald trump is holding a campaign rally in florida. he is back on the campaign trail after a month in the white house, he is also having meetings at what he calls the southern white house. but first, lets talk about the rain. how much is coming our way? i was one of the people that hoped to go to the sierras tomorrow but probably not. if you are thinking about it, be careful sunday through enthuse. those are the wet days. today may turn out to be the best day of the next few. here s a look at a gray start to the day over the bay, the showers are winding down. looking at the satellite and radar, earlier this morning, the showers were more widespread. right now a few sprinkles over the santa cruz mountains and alongside i-80. these are going to continue through the morning hours. this afternoon, partly cloudy skies, we have a break before the next system rolls in. if you are thinking about heading to the sierras, today is the better day. we have a advisory in ....
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 ....