Part. I do not think the public realized how paralyzed he was. Physically,ility although he had a good deal of agility verbally. He was a brilliant speaker. He was a brilliant combiner of words. And most of the public never was, to use the word then in use, crippled. Pictures were not taken of him in a wheelchair. Actors were not taken of him using braces or crutches. If they were, the press was very discreet. They did not do such things back then. Today, the press would be a lot less discreet. But we are not dealing with a roosevelt that people thought they knew, but really did not know very well. Radio. S speeches on there was no television yet. Radio that were called fireside chats. He had no fireside as he spoke, and the people he spoke to radios thatkelite were not near any fireside either. This was just a makebelieve that was done in the media at the time. He gave a tremendous number of press conferences during his presidency, nearly a thousand press conferences. He did so by sit
Thank you very much. Youre watching American History tv, 48 hours of rogramming on American History every weekend on cspan 3. Cspan s on twitter at history for information on our programs, andoming keep one the latest history news. 1944 amidst in world war ii, president franklin campaigned for the fourth and final term as president. Weintraub ley discusses the wartime election and deteriorating health. His book is final victory. This was recorded in the National Portrait gallery in and itss a little under an hour. My book is called final victory. It suggests there was nothing victories in his life. Actually, that was not the case. State two terms as a senator from new york state. He became assistant secretary of world war i. Ng he then was chosen to be the Vice President ial candidate when democratic ticket in 1920 when the democrats were sure to lose. And they lost. He lost with them. Ut he he thought that this would only energize his career. He had national visibility. And do oing to
Performing governor. He was the first to use selfidentify. Senator recognized in the 1950s. World war pponent of i, stood his ground, advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. He spent the latter part of 1890s giving speeches all over wisconsin. Speaker for your club or group, bob lafala would give a speech. County fairs, he went to every kind of event that you could imagine and built a reputation for himself. You recollects he was ready to run for governor advocating on behalf of the people. First studio the of frank lloyd wright. In richland rn center which is not too far from here. His family took him to waymouth, massachusetts for a time. Returned to madison, grew teenagedison, spent his years there, and attended something very briefly at the niversity of wisconsin before he decided to take off and find his fortune in chicago. He should come out to this part of the country which family was, the pioneers, and spent the summers here. He got the two things. He go
Well as their individual personalities. Joining the panel is Lisa Kathleen graddy, the curator of the first ladies collection at the National Museum of American History. The National Archives hosted this 90minute event. Hello, everyone. How are you . [ applause ] thank you for being here. Were going to have a rousing evening, i hope. Its certainly an interesting one and an interesting discussion, and i have to say the whole topic of what the first lady wears we know is a frequent topic of discussion, and we have Lisa Kathleen graddy here, who wrote the book on the first ladies collection here at the smithsonian, and Lisa Kathleen, i would speculate that you run the most visited Curatorial Department at the smithsonian. We are told it is the most visited exhibition at the smithsonian and at this point the oldest. We turned 100 years old this year. How fantastic. 100 years old. That is wonderful. I want to ask all of our panelists why do we care so much about what the first lady wears. W
The most visited department at the smithsonian. Were told its the most visited and at this point the oldest. We turned 100 years old this year. How fantastic. 100 years old. 100 years old. That is wonderful. I want to ask all of the panelists, why do we care so much about what the first lady wears . What is the impact . What is the legacy . What is the message that the first lady sends . I think shes a symbolic figure. Shes in a way a little bit like the queen of america. And people look at her to see what kind of a female image shes conveying. And i think we also see her as a mother of our country for the time shes in office. And i think that people definitely want to emulate her and, you know, seek guidance, you know, from how she is conducting herself and projecting herself to the world. And i want to remind everyone were going to have a question and answer session at the end of this. If you have questions about any of these things and think you might forget, write them down. And we