Hand sanitizer, toilet paper, or pasta. That was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riots, shortages in the market. We will be talking about the to light tonight. What i want to do is set the stage for the bread riots, give you an idea of the conditions under which it occurred, but also talk about the right itself. And im going to end with the aftermath of the riots. Up here. Slight appea he wrote some very insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary on march 7. He was an official in the War Department. Is 30. Flour butchers are closing their stalls. Farmers are making preparations. He went on to say they resent the secretarys schedule prices which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. Schedule he is talking about, i will go into more detail, but basically it was the government setting prices that farmers had to abide by when they sold goods to the army. The farmers resent these prices. Corn,pressment
To find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot, give you an idea for the conditions under which it could which it occurred. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of e. Bert garlick keen wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said flour in the city is , 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Meat, 1. 25 per pound. Farmers are making preparations. Then he went on to say, they resent the secretarys scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. And this price schedule he
Wrote it. Because today, we can definitely go to the stores and not be able to find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot , give you an idea for the conditions under which it could occur. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keene. He wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said, flour in the city is 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Meat, 1. 25 per pound. Farmers are making preparation. Then he went on to say, they resent the secretary scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the
mass communication from the annenberg school at the university of pennsylvania and a phd in american civilization from nyu a fulbright scholar in italy. she has received fellowships and grants from the national endowment for the humanities the franklin and eleanor roosevelt institute, the hoover presidential library and the lbj foundation. before joining the faculty at the city university of new york. she taught in palermo and rome. betty is the author of a number of books including first ladies the ever-changing role which will be talking about tonight lady bird and linden the hidden story of a marriage that made a president the roosevelt women and inside the white house. she currently resides in new york city and sometimes although not now in venice italy. welcome betty. thank you very much. good to be here colleen terrific. well, i know our audience is really looking forward to this conversation. so we re gonna have a brief back and forth and then we ll go to plenty of que
really looking forward to this conversation. so we re gonna have a brief back and forth and then we ll go to plenty of questions from our audience. at the beginning of your book you discussed the role of the early first ladies and how they set important precedents. can you elaborate on those early first? ladies women such as martha washington abigail adams and dolly madison and how they influenced the role. yes, as we know there was nothing in the constitution about what the wife of the president should do. so those decisions made at the very beginning were extremely important and i think the most important one probably was they decision. i don t think any of those three women you named had anything to do with that, but the decision was made that the president s home would also be his office. so when george washington was inaugurated here in new york city within walking distance really of where i m sitting martha was not there. she was still in virginia, but she came up a cou