Unidentified speaker begin video clip female today, it is our pleasure to entertain for the first time, our first lady, at this her belated Birthday Party. Female music playing singers to mamie many happy returns. To mamie with music, 160 million join in our chorus inaudible . To mamie with music, to mamie, with love . 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 cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight is Mamie Eisenhowers 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 holts case, Mamie Eisenhower. Shes a historian and author of a biography called, Mamie Eisenhower, the generals first lady. We also welcome back edith mayo to the table. Edies be
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. On this schedule not only did she have a diplomatic dinner, but the next morning she was scheduled to cut the ribbon on the Presbyterian Church bazaar. Some of the things that mamie would discuss with her social secretary were of a personal nature. For instance here, shes shopping for Christmas Gifts for their grandchildren and she notes to buy this doll for her granddaughter susan, but mamie was always particular about the budget and she kept her figures so she would never go over budget. Life in the Eisenhower White house. How many people lived with them there . They sometimes had mamies mother elvira lived there. The eisenhower grandchildren did not live there. They visited very often, spent huge amounts of time and the press loved them, loved to photograph them playing in the front of the building or sometimes they would have photographs of them inside playing, but basically, its ike and mamie and for long periods of time, mamies moth
Created as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. Todays our pleasures to entertainment for the first time our first lady at this her belated Birthday Party. Mamie many happy returns with music 160 million join in our chorus to mamie with music today with love a birthday tribute to Mamie Eisenhower televised national by by cbs in march of 1966 just a few weeks after her husband announced his bid for reelection. The tonight, 1950s america and the life and times of first lady Mamie Eisenhower. Good evening. Welcome to the cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight is Mamie Eisenhowers turn. And joining us historian and author of at biography called Mamie Eisenhower. And edith has been one of our guiding forces among academic historicing. Its nice to you you again. Nice to be back. What should we take away watching that piece of video from the 1950s about her popularity . About the use of television . The film clip you show from the Birthday C
Later you can go to our page, i think, and we will upload it on youtube, is that correct . Again, i am sharon, founding director of the institute of Public Policies and history which is housed here at the university of the district of columbia. We will launch in january of last year by mayor bowser and president ronald mason. We have sort of the same focus as do other institute in politics except for a very strong focus as well on the history of this city and by so doing the history of this country because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation and for those of you who saw the musical, hamilton, there is a song in it that says in the room where it happened and we are what happened. Washington dc. While we have topics that are contemporary interests we always try to grill down on that topic to talk about if its the historical origins and that certainly is true for the compelling topic of tonight. We will talk this evening about the a
Those of you who want to find it later you can go to our page, i think, and we will upload it on youtube, is that correct . Again, i am sharon, founding director of the institute of Public Policies and history which is housed here at the university of the district of columbia. We will launch in january of last year by mayor bowser and president ronald mason. We have sort of the same focus as do other institute in politics except for a very strong focus as well on the history of this city and by so doing the history of this country because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation and for those of you who saw the musical, hamilton, there is a song in it that says in the room where it happened and we are what happened. Washington dc. While we have topics that are contemporary interests we always try to grill down on that topic to talk about if its the historical origins and that certainly is true for the compelling topic of tonight. We w