Representative barney frank. Then later, president obama marks the fifth anniversary and talks about the economy. El entaft was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, William Howard taft and was able to get him personalally involve in the politics to get him elected. She overcame an illness to get to the white house, invited top musicians to perform there, and supports causes that mattered to her. Helen taft offered the most visual treasures, the famous cherry trees. It brings tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. Good evening, welcome to first ladies, influence and image, the life of helen taft. Her husband served in the white house from 1909 to 1913. Here to tell us about her life and legacy is biographer, louis gould. The biography is helen taft, our musical first lady. You open the book by making the case of the 20th first lady, shes the most obscure but she deserves better from history. Why is she better than being obscure . She did som