up next on the presidency, a talk about the marital and political partnership between james and dolly madison. we hear from the vice president for museum programs, and curator for montpelier, she discusses their early lives, their marriage, and how dolley madison s political skills bolster the career of james madison. hello, again. is the sound good? ok. i m not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. what i am planning to do today is to talk about james and dolley madison s lives before they were james and dolley madison. then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. so these are the gilbert stuart portraits of james and dolley painted when james was secretary of state. it s actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. and they have, i think, in large measure sort of create
madison. this was part of the annual president s day symposium. hello, again. is the sound good? ok. i m not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. what i am planning to do today is to talk about james and dolley madison s lives before they were james and dolley madison. then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. so these are the gilbert stuart portraits of james and dolley james was secretary of state. it s actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. and they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we have of them historically. dolley in her low cut, empire style cut dress with ringlet. serious, cerebral and brainy with always a strip of hair coming down in the front and the receding spots on each side. he has that from when he was really young, actua
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