Its only in recent years that a lot of focus on how it rocked her message was, predicting in the early years. I think james found her distant and cold, but as the years went by, she had a tremendous influence on him. James and luke richard spent a lot of time with her family, and that led to the key to success. Mrs. Garfield adored her time at the exhibition and she was interested in the latest sciences and technologies of the day. After james guard feel to death, a lot of prominent citizens raised there into 50 dollars that was turned over to Lucretia Garfield. And todays dollars, that would equate to 8 Million Dollars. Her character was exceedingly strong and she had a rectitude that was in vulnerable. I Lucretia Garfield was born in ohio and 1832. Her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. A supporter of womens rights and deeply interested in partisan politics, she and president james our field entered the white house on march 4th, 1881, afte
Live on cspan three online at suspended work, or listen live on the free suspend radio app. Rachel wasnt a fan of anything that took interjection away from her. Her preferences didnt influence her,. She ran the plantation or the farm and kept everything in order. She might not have been like Abigail Adams but she could write a nice letter and had night, jewelry. As he rose in politics, that was an ugly sore. She was called names. The campaign was so bitterly fought that a faction went all out, completely calling her a derogatory term. Rachel was good garbage for them. She dreaded going to washington. She said id rather be a doorkeeper in the house of god then go there. Before she left to go to washington, she died. In 20, eight rituals niece was 21 years. Old she became the white house hostess. Her life was perfect. For all the negatives they had to say about Andrew Jackson they loved emily. She received education on how to embroider, music proper manners and etiquette, it was that kin
that were appointed position s, that were, you know, at the discretion of people in power, ended up being a power struggle within the party between an ohio-based party, which is james garfield s party also rutherford hayes was from the same not only the same part of ohio, but the same kind of thinking and what were called the stalwarts, which were new york-based. and, you know, you see certain states really emerge throughout history with holding on to power within a particular party. and then in new york, that was really headed by a man by the name of roscoe conkling, who became a united states senator. so this is the struggle, and you see then, of course, the person who ends up shooting president garfield, deranged, of course, charles guiteau, but proudly screaming with the gun in his hand, i m a stalwart. now arthur is president. and that was a reference to the fact that vice president arthur elected with garfield was of the new york wing of the party. swain: well
and it really is. american history tv is featuring c-span s original series at 8:00 eastern on sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. c-span produced the series in cooperation with the white house historical association through conversations with experts and questions from c-span s audience, we tell the stories of america s 45 first ladies. now we look at two administrations led by widowed presidents and the women who serve as first ladies. we begin with rachel jackson and emily donelson. this is about 90 minutes. rachel was not a fan of anything that took andrew jackson away from the hermitage. her preferences apparently didn t strongly influence him but rachel was always the thing that he would come back to. she ran the plantation or the farm and kept everything in order. everybody loved her who worked there or was enslaved there. she might not have been like abigail adams but she could write a nice letter and she had nice jewelry. she was not as frumpy as s
president. she was not looking forward to being 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 letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. it s right here that letitia tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as vice president to william henry harrison and it s also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the united states and that letitia tyler learned that she became the first lady. she has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. and then he meets julia gardiner who is this another young lovely in her 20s. julie, i think of as the madonna, you know, of first ladies. [laughter] she loved publicity. she had actually posed as a model at a time when that was maybe, say, frowned upon but all accounts