african-american to hold that position. before joining the national portrait gallery, gwendolyn was an associate professor of the history of art at the university of pennsylvania. her work is focused on race, gender, sexuality, and class in the art of the united states, latin america, and the caribbean. in addition to the first ladies exhibit we will be talking about this evening, dr. shaw has curated many exhibitions, including 200 years of african-american art at the philadelphia museum of art, and carol walker, virginia s lynch mob and other works for the montclair art museum in new jersey. she received her phd in art history from stanford university. if you would like to ask dr. shaw a question, please type it in the comment section of this live feed. we will get to as many audience questions as possible at the end of our program. we look forward to your presentation this evening. dr. shaw: thank you. it is really great to be here. we can go to the slide. i am eager to ta
she was not happy that her husband had been elected president. she was not looking forward to being the first lady. the problem was of course, that he died only one month into his presidency, and she never made it to washington. in 1836, when john tyler resigned from the united states senate, he and his wife laetitia and her family moved to williamsburg. it is right here that laetitia tyler suffered her stroke in 1839 and john tyler learned that he was elected as vice president william henri harrison, and it is also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became tenth president of the united states, and that laetitia tyler learned that she became the first lady. she has another terrible stroke and guys. her husband goes into great morning and then he meets julia gardiner who is another young love in her twenties. julia is the madonna of the first ladies. she loved publicity. she actually posed as a model which was frowned upon. she was bewitching. the
is the site where president lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth. as he sat in a theater with a play running. the play running at the time was our american cousin. president lincoln died the next day across the street at the peterson boardling house. ford s is now a working theater as well as a national historic site. he current play running is 110 in the shade. while we wait, let s take a ook at today s speakers. lincoln, african americans, and the emancipation struggle. and :35 the book lincoln the problem of reconstruction. there will be a midday break for lunch at approximately 1:55 p.m. we ll hear stacy mcdormant on mary lincoln s life and legacy. at 3:05 thomas carson on incoln s ethics. at 3:55 all of today s speakers will participate in a closing panel. what you re looking at there is the box where abraham lincoln was sitting the night that he was shot. the president apparently enjoyed theater and was attending a performance of our american cousin at the ti
receiving an award this afternoon and will be unable to participate in the panel discussion during the afternoon session. therefore, it is important to get your questions in early because she is going off to receive the women s history award from the northern virginia district of columbia maryland affiliate of the national association of negro business and professional women. [applause] i came to know dr. medford through a predecessor of hers at howard, lorraine williams, who wrote a book about wrote an article about intellectuals who campaigned for lincoln. among the people she mentioned was my great uncle, general thomas osborne. through searching that out, i got to know dr. mitford medford. and she has been a friend and admired person. she is the chair of the department of history at howard university. she teaches 19th century history. she has lectured widely and has been actively involved in many activities. i have read her book and i strongly urge that all of you d
discussion during the afternoon session. therefore, it is important to get your questions in early because she is going off to receive the women s history award from the northern virginia district of columbia maryland affiliate of the national association of negro business and professional women. [applause] i came to know dr. medford through a predecessor of hers at howard, lorraine williams, who wrote a book about wrote an article about intellectuals who campaigned for lincoln. among the people she mentioned was my great uncle, general thomas osborne. through searching that out, i got to know dr. mitford medford. and she has been a friend and admired person. she is the chair of the department of history at howard university. she teaches 19th century history. she has lectured widely and has been actively involved in many activities. i have read her book and i strongly urge that all of you do, too. she has brought to the fore the story of those who had the most pressing