Capital. West,are in the wild domes and columns in a similar look and style. It was the idea that we were part of this particular government right now. You see a lot of symbolism in the room. Later, here about the internment of japanese americans during world war ii. I remember the day we had to leave. We did not know how long we were going to go. We didnt know where we would be sent. We just knew that we had to leave our farm. We begin the hour with a visit to the Sacramento History Center and a look at the items in the gold rush collection. The concept of where sacramento is is quite ludicrous in many ways. Its lowlying marshland. Probably the worst place to put a city. But the concept that it was more important for the monetary gain than it was for the longterm life of the city. What that caused in the end and what a lot of these things helped us document was how the city had to transform and change for self. It is a story of disasters. You can ask yourself that question, what i hav
Who are extremely demoralized and discouraged about the future. They feel themselves helpless. They feel theyre powerless. Theyre cynical about politicians, which, of course, just strengthens politicians vulnerability to powerful corporate and other lobbyists in washington, d. C. When i lost a lot of friends in traffic accidents as a young man, i looked into how they could have been saved. And they could have been saved by seatbelts and they could have been saved by a whole series of engineering devices that we now take for granted in our cars collapsing steering columns, better brakes, better tires, head restraints, padded dash panels. All of these and more were developed by engineers a long, long time ago, but they werent applied because the companies, as somethose of you who are a little older remember the companies were selling style and horsepower. They werent selling engineering integrity, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and millions were injured in
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. [applause wanes] thank you very much. And thank the Commonwealth Club and everybody here who has come to listen to a different kind of message. And the message starts out, its a lot easier than we think to turn our country around and a whole series of longoverdue redirections that are supported by a majority of the American People now and that will raise the promise and the morale of the American People who are extremely demoralized and discouraged about the future. They feel themselves helpless. They feel theyre powerless. Theyre cynical about politicians, which, of course, just strengthens politicians vulnerability to powerful corporate and other lobbyists in washington, d. C. When i lost a lot of friends in traffic accidents as a young man, i looked into how they could have been saved. And they could have been saved by seatbelts and they could have been saved by a whole series of engineering devices that we now take for granted in our cars
Her husbands presidency and adept at handling the media. Despite hardships, scandals, her husbands infidelities and his death in office as well as her own poor health, Florence Harding set many precedents that would help define the role of the modern first lady. Good evening. And welcome to cspans series first ladies influence image. Tonight, were going to be telling you the story of Florence Harding, the first lady that one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book is called first lady Florence Harding behind the tragedy and the controversy. Thank you for being here. David pietrusza i
That one of our guests said has been neglected and derided by throughout history. But in her time, the hardings came in as very popular people. Were going to learn more about the trajectory of her time and her husbands time in office and her interesting story that not many people know today. Susan swain let me introduce you to our two guests. Katherine sibley is a history professor at st. Josephs college in philadelphia. Shes a biographer of the first lady. Her book is called first Lady Florence harding behind the tragedy and the controversy. Thank you for being here. Susan swain David Pietrusza is a guest as well tonight. President ial historian and the author of many books including 1920 the year of the six president s. And thats really where i want to start tonight because we think of Warren Harding and we think of teapot dome and the other scandals of his presidency. But in 1920, when he came into office. It was in a landslide. Sixty percent of the popular vote, 404 Electoral Colle