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host: lucretia garfield was born in ohio in 1832. her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. a supporter of women s rights and deeply interested in politics, she and president james garfield entered the white house on march 4, 1881 after a very close election. however, what plans she had as first lady were soon cut short by an assassin s bullet. good evening, and welcome to first ladies: image and image. after the assassination, the next person to come into the white house, chester arthur, did not have a first lady. to help us understand, we have carl anthony. he is the author of america s first families. the circumstances of james garfield s election helped to seal the president s fate. tell us the story of where the party politics were at the time. guest: so many of the large issues that had continued in post-civil war era were really in large mode put to rest. the transcontinental railroad by this time had been completed, ....
and i will walk 500 more just to fall down at your door. we have to have that sort of passion that young people have. we need to combine that with patrick henry. when we do, when we do, when we combine that passion again, when we become the party who is, like a man coming over a hill singing, then we ll be a great national party again. thank you very much. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] thank you so much, senator paul, thank you so much. thank, also, obviously, to the chairman, to all of you for being here tonight. i m going it ask you, you probably are not aware, it has just been brought to my attention that as we ve. sitting here tonight doing what we need to do and celebrating our party, there s been a tragic occurrence of tornadoes in the state of oklahoma. a number of people lost their lives including a number of children, and i know you want to join me and the chairman in prayers and best wishes for those family, and i thank the chairman for bringin ....
inwhile visiting washington 1885, and france s received frances received a marriage proposal from grover cleveland. one year later they married in the blue room becoming the only president and first lady to be married in the wte house. a closer look at the life of a frances cleveland, live on memorial day on c-span and, c- span 3, and c-span radio. our website has more about the first lady s including a special section, welcome to the white house, produced by our partners at the white house historical association. in the whiteife house during each of their tenure. we re offering a special edition of first ladies of the white house of america. it is now available for the discounted price of $12.95 plus shipping at c-span.org/products. in 1848 we have an unusual and remarkable situation here. suddenly, gold is discovered and the reason why the cantonese were the first to hear about it is because there were already some chinese here. in a flash, thousands of men bega ....
graduating in debt compared to 61% of white students. not only are more black students graduating with debt, they are graduating with higher levels of debt. according to the report, 27% of black bachelor degree recipients have more than 30,000 in debt compared to 16% of their white count parts. it is against this backdrop that student loan rates are set to double on july 1. a republican bill being considered this week would have student loan interest rates change year-to-year based on the 10-year treasury note a move that cut could push rates as high as 7.4%. this is unacceptable. . this would price out students from the american dream. at a time when a college degree is more vital than ever to national and global competitiveness, we would be putting the goals on attaining a degree further out of the reach of our young people, particularly young people of color. our students, many of whom have graduated to find themselves unemployed or underemployed, are already struggl ....