She popularized the style of american style. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison. As they try to resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with James Madison helping him. Compiling and arranging his papers. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during Thomas Jeffersons two terms. The president often called on her to assist him. This sense of the usefulness of diplomacy allowed dolley to hit the ground wanting when she assumed the role in 1809 as her husband James Madison became the president. Good evening and welcome. Tonight we will learn about the intriguing Dolley Madison. We have two guests at our table. Let me intr
American style. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison. As they try to resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with james compilingelping him. And arranging his papers. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during Thomas Jeffersons two terms. The president often called on her to assist him. This sense of the usefulness of diplomacy allowed dolley to hit the ground wanting when she assumed the role in 1809 as her husband James Madison became andpresident. Good evening welcome. Tonight we will learn about the intriguing Dolley Madison. We have two guests at our table. Let me introduce you to them. Catherine allgor, an auth
As they try to resume government as quickly as possible. She sat side by side with James Madison helping him. Compiling and arranging his papers. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during Thomas Jeffersons two terms. The president often called on her to assist him. This sense of the usefulness of diplomacy allowed dolley to hit the ground wanting when she assumed the role in 1809 as her husband James Madison became the president. Good evening and welcome. Tonight we will learn about the intriguing Dolley Madison. We have two guests at our table. Let me introduce you to them. Catherine allgor, an author and biographer of Dolley Madison. And a historian. One of her books is called a perfect union. Thank you for
From Martha Washington to ida mckinley. Tonight, it is doubly medicine. Dolly madison. Dolley was socially adept and politically savvy. She was his best friend. She compensated. James madison wishes to meet her. She carved out a space for women where they can wield a great deal of political power. Dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and erect the conversation. She got these people to the white house and entertained them. Got them together and got them talking. This was important to her to make everyone feel welcome. It was considered her classic look. People noticed it. It was a perfect setting for james and Dolley Madison she sat side by side with James Madison helping him. She moved back to washington d. C. In her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. As henry clay famously said, Everybody Loves mrs. Madison. Her equally famous response thats because mrs. Madison loves everybody. Dolley madison came to her service as first lady w
Those models but also for bringing women into the political mix at a very early time period. And her conciliation or her abilities to bring people together. Wouldnt it be nice if we had her back in washington now. We only skimmed the surface in 90 minutes of 81 entering years of life. If you want to learn more. I thank the White House Historical association for their elp in this series. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] on cspan tonight, libyan activist discuss. Then another chance to watch first ladies on the life of Dolley Madison. Coming up on the next washington journal, s tomorrow night, on cspan encore presentation of first ladies is not campaigning allowed. You cannot do that and you cannot ask for office directly. You have used subtle back channels. Women were a good conduit for that. Come to spread their gossip and ask their favors. She knows she cannot trust these people. She is not naive. A lot of