Through conversations with experts, and questions from cspans audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, Mary Todd Lincoln, on first ladies influence an image or go. Born in 1818 in lexington kentucky, mary todd grew up and lived to see her husband issued the emancipation proclamation 45 years later. A mother of four sons, she witnessed the death of three of those sons as well as her husbands assassination. Her life was filled with tragedy, but as lincolns political partner, she relished in his success. A look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladys. Thank you for joining us on first ladies influence and image. we invite to of our academic advisers. Rosalyn penn is a history professor at meredith and morgan state university. At the table again is the director of five president ial libraries including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield illinois and a president ial biographer. Thank you for being here. We will start wit
Through conversations with experts, and questions from cspans audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, Mary Todd Lincoln, on first ladies influence an image or go. Born in 1818 in lexington kentucky, mary todd grew up and lived to see her husband issued the emancipation proclamation 45 years later. A mother of four sons, she witnessed the death of three of those sons as well as her husbands assassination. Her life was filled with tragedy, but as lincolns political partner, she relished in his success. A look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladys. Thank you for joining us on first ladies influence and image. we invite to of our academic advisers. Rosalyn penn is a history professor at meredith and morgan state university. At the table again is the director of five president ial libraries including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield illinois and a president ial biographer. Thank you for being here. We will start wit
Opening the building, why would the museum even help to organize such a conference . Well, the simple answer is that were crazy. But the real answer is that at the smithsonian, at this museum, scholarship is the engine and research is the lifeblood of the institution. Without the decade of research and academic scholarship as a foundation, there would be no National Museum of African American history and culture. So we know that we are tied so much to the work that so many of you do. So much of the intellectual and interpretive agenda of the museum has been shaped by the work of many who are participating in this conference. Thanks to this amazing array of scholarship, the museum is able to position itself as an discussion that will help all who visit find the rich, complex, and nuanced history of the African American community. But even more importantly, thanks to your work, this museum will recenter the African American experience, and use African American history and culture as a le
Nullification issues. Grid ands. Electric its former building, and a guest from the Pew Research Center in our america by the numbers serious. Series. Tomorrowon journal, and everyday day at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. To the whitete house 2016 coverage with senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota. She will receive the beacon award for Hillary Clinton tomorrow at the annual wingding in clear lake, iowa. Live coverage of that event at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Season two of first ladies, influence and image, begins monday, september 9 with a look at the life of Edith Roosevelt. All this month, encore presentations of season one. Each weeknight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, from programs of every first lady from Martha Washington to ida mckinley. Tonight, Mary Todd Lincoln. [captioning performed bynational captioning institute] [captions Copyright Nationalcable satellite corp. 2013] born in 1818 in lexington, kentucky, mary todd grew up and lived to see her husband issued the emancipation proclamation 4
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