Effort to bring the Natural World and the man made world into harmony. To bring order, usefulness and delight to our whole environment, and that only begins with trees and flowers and landscapes. Thats from a film created by the johnson administration, with a deeper johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaign, or successful businesswoman and a savvy political partner, are 36 president , lyndon bains johnson. Good evening, welcome to cspans first ladies. Well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnston, also known as ladybird. Our two guests are cokie roberts, the host of womens political history, thanks for being here. Betty boyd caroli is the author of numerous books about first ladies, and is working on a new autobiography of labor johnson. Lets start with where we were 50 years ago. What are the immediate challenges for the brandnew first couple in those first terrible days after the assassination of kennedy . They were enorm
Only begins with trees, flowers and landscaping. Thats from a film created by the Johnson Administration with Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman and savvy partner to her husband, Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson known toe everyone as lady bird. Here too tell her story tonight are Cokie Roberts, the author of two books about womens political history, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Thanks for being here. And we have an expert, with a number books from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, currently working on a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson. Ladies, i want to start with the beginning of where we were 50 years ago this week. Bhamp the immediate challenges in the first terrible day. They were enormous. First of all, nobody knew if there was a widespread plot. So the country was in terror for a period of time. Then
40s and 50s on the temperatures. Not many 30s. Too many low clouds of the woodside is that 39. Generally its 40s and low 50s. High clouds will be with us this morning. It may linger into early afternoon but overall its a dry pattern with highs today in the 50s. High pressure is parked over us. 60s and some 70s. Sal is here and he will be discussing. Real or fake. Christmas trees. On the 9. A five hour tease. Five hours from now. . Let my set my calendar for that. Back in the day i would say absolutely have to have a real. Now i dont know so much. We have time to talk about this. Lets talk about solano county. The morning commute on 80 westbound between vallejo and hercules looks good. Off to a nice start. I dont see slow traffic on 680. Yesterday morning we had construction work and delays. This morning im happy to say we are off to a nice start. You can see theres not a lot on the roads sensors and also high before looks good to start. It will probably stay this way for a long buried
Around cupertino, campbell, san jose. Sarah closer mostly cloudy this afternoon although fog may be slow to burn off. A dry forecast for now. Hang in there. High pressure is over us and eventually will turn but not for a while. We have a cooler pattern for a couple of days. 50s, 60s and 70s. Sal is here. Where would you like to start . We will start in vallejo because we have a problem on interstate 80 westbound near tennessee with a motorcycle accident. It was in the left lanes. Traffic is flowing unusually slow as you drive down through the carquinez bridge. 37 is slow trying to get away. 680 looks good from Cordelia Junction down to the venetian bridge and into martinez and we have slow traffic on highway 4 through bay point. The bay bridge toll plaza that up for a 1015 minute wait. San mateo and dumbarton bridge off to a better start than yesterday in the south the commute is off to a good start as well. This is a live look at 280 in se traffic is moving nicely. Lets go back to the
Rightfully hers begins with the struggle for suffrage but doesnt end with the 129th the 19th amendment ratification. Both the Immediate Impact of the suffrage amendment and struggles that persisted into modern day. Up, is theer, stand curator of that exhibit. [applause] one of the goals of the exhibit is to recognize both the broad diversity of the suffrage activists, the american many faces of women barred from voting. As susan ware does in why they marched, the exhibit looks beyond the familiar names of susan b anthony, elizabeth caddy stanton and alice paul and brings to our attention activist from a variety of backgrounds showing across race and class. Susan ware, a pioneer in the field of womens history and leading feminist biographer, is the auditor and editor of numerous books on u. S. History, including american womens history, a very short introduction. Still missing, Amelia Earhart and the search for modern feminism, and letter to the world, seven women who shipped the americ