she is the author and editor of 14 books on presidents, first ladies, the kennedy family, the supreme court, civil rights and civil liberties. professor perry has conducted over 100 interviews for the george bush, george h.w. bush, bill clinton and barack obama presidential history oral programs. she also directs the edward kennedy oral history project. she served as a u.s. supreme court fellow for chief justice william rehnquist, and has worked for both republican and democratic members of the united states senate. her books include 42, inside the presidency of bill clinton. 41, inside the presidency of george h.w. bush. rose kennedy, the life and times of a political matriarch. jacqueline kennedy, the first lady in the new frontier. edward kennedy, an oral history. and the priestly tribe, the supreme court s image in the american mind. we welcome dr. perry to the program. just as a quick reminder, we will have time for questions from the audience at the conclusi
where there s quite enough to divide people that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. jacqueline kennedy s 1 is,000 days as first lady, political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. as television came of age it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening, welcome to c-span s series, first ladies. tonight, jacqueline buvier kennedy. michael beschloss, historian. has a special focus over the years on the cold war era and kennedy administration. thanks for being here. pleasure. barbara perry is a uva political scientist. as part of the modern first ladies series at the university of kansas. great to be here. i want to start on the program before we get into more details about her white house years with the assassination and imagery of the assassination, since anyone alive at that age certainly has the images
questions from the audience, we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. now, jacqueline kennedy. this is about two hours. (begin video clip) jacqueline kennedy: and i think every first lady should do something in this position to help the things she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best the entertainment that s given here. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. (end video clip) susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days as first lady were defined by images political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. as television came of age, it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-sp
audience. america se story of 45 first ladies. .ow, jacqueline kennedy this is about two hours. jacqueline kennedy: and i think every first lady should do something in this position to help the things she cares about. i just think that everything in the white house should be the best the entertainment that s given here. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days as first lady were defined by images political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. as television came of age, it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tel
ladies influenced an image. this is two hours. i think every first lady shouldn t do something to help should do something to help. everything in the white house should be the best. the art of children is the same the world over. and so, of course, is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there s quite enough to divide people, that we should cherish the language and emotion that unite us all. susan swain: jacqueline kennedy s 1,000 days as first lady were defined by images political spouse, young mother, fashion icon, advocate for the arts. as television came of age, it was ultimately the tragic images of president kennedy s assassination and funeral that cemented jacqueline kennedy in the public consciousness. good evening and welcome to c-span s series first ladies: influence and image. tonight, we ll tell you the story of the wife of the 35th president of the united states, named jacqueline bouvier kennedy. and we have two guests at the ta