she just loved eleanor roosevelt. but the ability to kind of live with furniture that's made there, like carter makes his own furniture in his home and they used to have a furniture factory, very spartan, but yet very warm and pleasant, an emphasis on gardens and the outdoor life, but the bringing of the natural world. and we -- i can't emphasize enough to listeners what a special place that part of the midhudson is in duchess county. and one of -- and the great love and friendship of franklin and eleanor, from shared neighbors, shared friends, shared topography, in knowing all the little back roads and things together, it was a big part of both of their happiness. >> allida black, did she use that while she was first lady to get away? >> yes, but she also used it for her own space to conduct business. i mean, valkill is eleanor's home and her office. eleanor was very rarely alone at valkill. i mean, victor did an extraordinary job in giving you a sense of the feel that eleanor had and how much she loved it, but elean

lillian, jimmy carter's mother was and eleanor roosevelt democrat. she just left eleanor roosevelt. but the ability to kind of live with furniture that's made there, like carter makes an furniture in his home and east have a furniture factory. very spartan, they had very warm unpleasant. an emphasis on gardens and the outdoor life, but the bringing of the natural world and we -- i can't emphasize enough to i can't emphasize enough to the listeners what a special place that part of the mid-hudson is and duchess county. >> and one of -- and the great 11 friendship of franklin and eleanor, from shared neighbor shared friends shared to le topography, and knowing all the little black roads and things together was a big part of their happiness. >> illegal black, did she use that while she was first lady to get away? >> yes, that she also use it for her own space to conduct. business i mean calculus all the north's home and her office. eleanor was very rarely alone and volatile. i mean victory did an extraordinary job in giving you a sense of the feel that eleanor had and how much she love

eleanor roosevelt dies in november 1962. park.mes back to hyde is a trueere sincerity at that moment. the passage of this great woman. i also think it is an honor that she had earned. words thatfind accurately capture eleanor significance. she paves the way and influences so many people. he could not have fdr support at that time, he was long gone. but eleanor is able to bridge that gap. paul: we will and with the thought that both of these men gave their lives and duty to the country. in both cases, there depth -- death in office created a residence with the american people. think there is something missing in today's politics. both of these people truly believed in public service. they were raised with the sense that they had a duty and responsibility to serve the american people. they posted in extraordinary ways. kennedy'shn f. inaugural address remains one of the best beaches of all time. toi have to agree and i have say fdr and the events of his time as presidency shaped the nation, shaped that generation. in profound

birthday, eleanor roosevelt. [applause] it is one of the things we are so lucky to have eleanor's papers here along with papers of franklin roosevelt and his administration. if you go over and look at the building, the two wings of the library are actually the eleanor roosevelt wings that were built in 1972. even after the library first opened, fdr started sketching what ended up being the structure here to incorporate eleanor's papers. he was telling her, we need to have your papers at the library. when his archivist said, do you think she will give them to you, and fdr said, you can never tell what my missus is going to do. which i think is a true statement about eleanor roosevelt. how many of you are members here today? look at that. thank you so much. your support makes programs like this possible. we appreciate everything you do for us. the library is a federally funded institution, but we rely on private donations to allow us to do many nonfederal programs like exhibits and things like that. today we have w

and happy birthday eleanor roosevelt. are we are so lucky to the papers here, and the two wings are the wings belt in 1972. fdr started to sketch and it was part of the structure here. he was telling her that we need to have your papers at the library. and when they said do you think she will give them to you and he said you can never tell what my misses will do. thank you for your support here today. your support makes these things possible. the library is a federally funded institution but we rely on private donations to allow us to do many of the nonfederal functions like programs, exhibits, and things like that. today we have a very special friend and guest with us here today. she works at george washington university, and george mason university. and she put together a book to look at the advice that eleanor roosevelt gave. and it is something how relevant the questions are to our society today even though they were 50 years ago. her advice remains inspiring and practical at the same time, and i think it is something

and the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. libraryidential provided this video. >> hello and welcome to another addition of at home with the roosevelts. i am paul sparrow, director of the presidential library in hyde park, new york. today we will talk about the relationship between two of the most important political families in american history during the 20th century, the roosevelts and kennedys. i am joined by the director of the jfk library. thank you for joining me. this is one of the most interesting and complicated relationships, to families that are really dynasties in the way they impacted american political life. there is a component of this that a lot of people do not stand. not just the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joseph kennedy the relationship between eleanor roosevelt and john f. kennedy. we will start with the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joe kennedy may most of his money in a night 20's in the market. he was appointed as the head of the security exchange commission.

roosevelt's 74th birthday, we are running a special nine-page story entitled eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures. we thought you would enjoy hearing mrs. roosevelt's own comments about some of the photographs we're running in the current mccall's. she's become a pin-up girl at mccall's through this charming photograph that we use in the story. >> i'm pleased that you have taken this picture, which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england, and had come out in the traditional way in new york. fashion seem so funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck, and above all the hair. i had hair below my waist, so it was hard to get it scrolled up on top of my head, but it makes you look quite different. all i can say about the fashions today is that at least we've progressed and are more comfortable. >> in the next picture with your father, you seem to have a very nice relationship with him. he meant a great deal to you, didn't he? >> my father meant a tremendous amount. i adored him all the days of my childhood. did for many years. >> did he have a

the franklin roosevelt presidential library and museum. and happy birthday, eleanor roosevelt. [applause] it is one of the things we are so lucky to have eleanor's papers here along with franklin roosevelt and his administration. if you go over and look at the building, the two wings of the library are actually the eleanor roosevelt wings that were built in 1972. even

this is 15 minutes. >> we come as a political sentiment, most people agree that eleanor roosevelt is an outstanding woman of our time. mccall's is proud to have a member of the family through the regular monthly column of questions and answers, if you ask me. in the current issue in the celebration of her birthday we have eleanor roosevelt her life in pictures. we thought you would enjoy hearing her own comments about some of the photographs running in the current mccall's. she has become a pinup girl at mccall's through this photograph used on the title page of the story. >> i'm flattered and pleased that you have taken this picture, which was taken a year or two after i came back from school in england and to come out in the traditional way in new york. the fashions seem to funny today with the high neck and the gold beads around my neck and above all the hair, the pompa dore and i have hair below my waist so it was hard to get it screwed up on to have of my head. but a great pompa dore makes you look quite different. all i could say about the fashions today is that at least we've

roosevelt's 74th birthday, we are running a special nine-page story entitled eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures. we thought you would enjoy hearing mrs. roosevelt's own comments about some of the photographs we're running in the current mccall's. she's become a pin-up girl at mccall's through this charming photograph that we use in the story.

turned out eleanor roosevelt was one of her heroes. and i don't think it was just the public aaccomplishments of mrs. roosevelt's life or her life in the white house as it was the private challenges that eleanor roosevelt confronted along the way in becoming eleanor roosevelt. clearly she was a role model. and also i think lady bird johnson was a -- first of all, she was a very good friend. but i also think she was very much a role model for mrs. ford. >> the ford presidency was just 865 days but this was a tumultuous time in our country's history. we chose a few events as some of the hallmark events of the ford years beginning with the pardon of richard nixon in 1976, the nation celebrated its bicentennial. there were two assassination attempts on gerald ford's life during his time in office. rising inflation was hallmark of his years in office. and the vietnam war ended with the fall of saigon. and you will remember the scenes of those helicopters leaving the american embassy as the city fell. so, a very continuing, lot of history un

roosevelt's 74th birthday we're unning a special nine-page story entitled eleanor roosevelt, her life in pictures. enjoy ght you would hearing mrs. roosevelt's own comments about some of the we're running in the current mccals.

roosevelt's life or even her life in the white house, as it was the private challenges that eleanor roosevelt had confronted along the way. and in becoming eleanor roosevelt. but it was clearly, she was a role model. and i think lady bird johnson. first of all she was a very good friend but also very much a role model for mrs. ford. >> the ford pressy was just 865 days but there was a tumultuous time. we close a few events as some of the hallmark events of the ford years beginning with the pardon of richard nixon in 1976, the nation celebrated the bicentennial and there were two assassination efforts, rising inflation was a hallmark of his years in office and the vietnam war and with the fall of saigon and you will remember the scenes of the helicopters leaving the american embassy as the city fell. so a very continuing history unfolding. >> history accelerated in the two and a half years and by no means all of it was it -- >> in a personal front, just a couple of months after they came into office, mrs. ford discovered she had breast cancer. >> yeah. in some ways this was the moment that she

eleanor roosevelt. they were friendly, not dear friends, mimi eisenhower before she was first lady she took a spanish class with bess. bess grew very fond of her then and there was later a rift between her and the truman's -- between the truman's and the eisenhower. 's bess was fond of mimi. others? i think she liked ladybird johnson. they very much enjoyed the company of the kennedys. >> yes. they went for the inauguration. did not like joe kennedy but liked the sun. >> we mentioned earlier our website which has all the video of all the first ladies programs we've done so far and also lots of other videos you have not seen here. you can find it at c-span. each week we put one special thing about the first lady that we are featuring that we have not used during the program. if you go there now, you will find clifton truman daniels sharing another story from his grandmother in the home in independence. something for you online. could they have run again the trends if they wanted to? >> yes. the constitut

in particular, the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. >> good afternoon. i say that with some trepidation because our audience is national and international. morning to some of you and good to some of you. i am the executive director of

. >>> on first ladies influence and image, scholars talk about the influence of first lady, eleanor roosevelt, in response of viewer phone calls and comments. topics include her independent life and causes and the numerous precedents she set and support of president roosevelt's policies. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i'm speaking to you to wanight a very serious moment in our h history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders of congress are meeting with the president. the state department and army and navy officials have been with the president all afternoon. in fact, the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the very time that japan's air ships were bomb iing our citize in hawaii and the philippines and sinki o

he was met there by eleanor roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt said harry, the president is dead. >> when he heard his chief was dead, his simple humanity expressed itself in these words to missus roosevelt's. what i do to help? >> she said the question is harry, can we do anything for you because you are the one in trouble now but here he truman knew exactly how much trouble he was in. when you see those initial photographs and moving images of truman he had a total deere in the headlights look. >> with the world at war he accepted the greatest response ability and world history, a new commander-in-chief to lead our nation to ultimate victory. chris: how sidelined was truman by fdr as vice president and to what degree did the president keep him out of his war council's? >> i think by the time truman became vice president fdr was an expert at ignoring his vice president. chris: senator roy blunt now holds the same senate seat that was once a truman. >> of war stimson told him in the cabinet room the night that he became presiden

, welcome here to the wal lace museum and happy birthday eleanor roosevelt.

tonight we look at eleanor roosevelt and bess truman. elinor roosevelt was the first, first lady to hold an official government position and chair a white house conference. bess truman was a very private first lady and never grant add full interview while her husband was in office. watch first ladies influence and image tonight at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend -- saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern a discussion on the declaration of independence origins, purpose and global significance during and after the american revolution. with university of maryland history professor richard bell. on sunday, at 4:00 p.m. eastern, on "real america" the 1970 film "fresh colors." detailing czech political refugee and award-winning animator paul fe

roosevelt's life in the white house, as it was the private challenges that eleanor roosevelt had confronted along the way. and becoming anna roosevelt, and it was the role model. first of all, she was a very good friend. it was 855 days, it was the best time in our history. one of the hallmark events of the 40 years, beginning with the pardon of richard nixon and 1966, the nation's celebrated its bicentennial. there are two assassination attempts on gerald ford's life, rising was the hallmark of the years in office, in the vietnam war with the fall of saigon, and the scenes of the helicopters leaving the american embassy as the city fell. so a very continuing history unfolding. >> history accelerated in those two and a half years. by no means, further. >> after they came into office, she discovered she had breast cancer. >> yes, this was the moment, the indelible moment that she impressed herself on the american people. from the whole family, it was really her 40 years later to concedes of the degree of which people did not talk about this. euphemisms were employed. even in obituaries. peop

and the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. libraryidential provided this video. >> hello and welcome to another addition of at home with the roosevelts. i am paul sparrow, director of the presidential library in hyde park, new york. today we will talk about the relationship between two of the most important political families in american history during the 20th century, the roosevelts and kennedys. i am joined by the director of the jfk library. thank you for joining me. this is one of the most interesting and complicated

a lot of people look back at eleanor roosevelt who is quite wonderful. one person who had a big impact on my life was margaret meade. when i decided i was going to work on issues she came to georgia to see me. we had this wonderful relationship and she would give me advice. and met for a mental health meeting. anyway, she was just the neatest thing. to meet her was just emotional for me. i would like to have met eleanor roosevelt. >> rosalynn carter, your husband in 2010 published his white house diaries. did you keep a diary or journal during the white house years? >> i kept them at different times. i didn't do very much in the beginning but then i started having my secretary put spaces between events, and i had a desk in my bedroom. and i left it there and i would go to events what was happening and who was going to be there and i'd start writing notes about what happened at that event, and i did that pretty regularly for a while. i have a really good diary about camp david. i kept those notes all the time from the first day. >> are those public? >> no

and certainly eleanor roosevelt was out there doing campaigns. so, it was considered bad form if you didn't do a certain amount of campaigning. >> but it was behind the scenes, most of it. and i think lady bird johnson deserves credit for being the first wife of a presidential candidate to go out on a speaking tour of her own. that was really very new because even eleanor roosevelt campaigned for other candidates but i don't think she campaigned for her husband until he ran for that third term in 1940 because it wasn't considered, i don't know -- >> ladylike. >> -- ladylike to be organizing for your husband. we were behind the scenes and sending letters and thanking people. what did lady bird say? the wife of a candidate, her job is to walk behind them and say thank you, thank you, thank you. so, it was behind the scenes until i think the the '60s. >> but jackie kennedy did do adds in spanish, for instance, to try to get something we talk about all the time now, to try to get the hispanic vote. >> next is a question from owen in mary yet at that,

>> she admired eleanor roosevelt. they were friendly, not dear friends. mamie eisenhower, before she was the first lady, when bess was the first lady, they took a spanish class together in the white house. a group of washington ladies decided to learn spanish. and bess grew very fond of her then, and there was later a rift between the trumans but -- and the eisenhowers, but bess was fond of mamie. others? >> i can't think of any others. >> i think she liked lady bird johnson. oh, they did very much enjoy the company of both of the kennedys. they went and stayed at the white house after jack and jackie were in the white house. >> they certainly did. they went for the inauguration, didn't they? >> didn't like joe kennedy, but they liked the son. >> no. yes. >> i mentioned earlier our website, which has all the video of all of the first ladies programs we've done so far and also lots of other videos you haven't seen here. you can find it at cspan.org/firstladies. each week, we put one special thing about the first lady that we're featuring that we haven't us

one of them went on tour with eleanor roosevelt during the war to raise money. it was a war bond tour. that is the female contribution, soviet contribution to world war ii. >> how do you do this portrayal? >> it is something that isn't done a lot. it's a story that hasn't been told. typically craig and i enjoy doing things that are little bit different. people seem to respond very well to it. these events are always well attended. to me, it's an interesting story, and it's something that doesn't get told a lot. >> what type of questions and reactions do you get from the public? sheryl: a lot of, oh, i didn't know that. oh! quite honestly. i'll tell you something, conversely, i learn something every time i do this. i learn from the people who come. i learn from my partner. i learn something every time i do one of these events. we get a lot of questions about the spam, actually. craig: the spam represents on our table, been part of the scenario, the fact that we, of course, were an ally, the united states and britain. it represents lend lease. we were provided sup

we look at eleanor roosevelt and bess truman. eleanor roosevelt was the first, first lady to care a conference, and bess truman was a private lady and was never granted a full interview while her husband was in office. watch first ladies on c-span 3. >>> president trump will kick off independence day celebrations with remarks at mount rushmore, with fire works and a planned military fly over. you can watch online at c-span.org on or listen live with the free c-span radio app. american history tv, on c-span 3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. a discussion on the declaration of independence or begingins, w university of maryland history professor, richard bell. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1970 film "fresh colors," detailing the first job upon arriving in the united states. hired by the u.s. information agency to create a film about the american flag. using his own narration, animation and archival footage and

in the hour-long interview she discussed frank gooden eleanor roosevelt and the homefront during world war ii, her book, no ordinary time one the posted price for ordinary history here is historian doris kearns goodwin. >> author of no ordinary time, if you could ask either frank franklin elinor roosevelt a couple questions after all the work he did on the book, what would it be. >> with eleanor i would like to understand why she was unable at a certain moment in the war when he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him to say yes to him. i know that he loved hi her andi want to say why did he do he could've died soon why did he do it. i think for him why he would want to understand why he couldn't stand his self more, he was the most prickly personality and everybody got how warm he was, there such a reserve and i want to understand and give more to the people that loved him. >> what makes this book different than all the rest. >> i think what i wanted to do in this book is not only understand the relationship which was looked at many cases b

eleanor roosevelt, randolph, wilson and powell. the familiar gang knew the hall well. had participated in many rallies under its old roof. in the midst of the rally, randolph and others, and adam clayton powell jr. had yet to arrive. many in the audience and come to hear him. randolph found out that powell was across the street. waiting in the hotel to make his entrance. he told randolph, he realized there was nothing to do except wait and hope. and while yet another speaker and henchman was at the garden. lights flicked off. tremors and nervousness ran through the crowd. all of a sudden, a spotlight came on and zoomed to the back of the garden. to land on a tall figure standing alone. this was adam clayton powell jr. the garden erupted. his church numbers, erupted a stood there. and he began walking. right down the middle of the garden. in the spot light trailing every step of the way. chance exploded we want have imparted adam clayton powell jr. in the flesh. he wanted them to remember in new york city read is madison square garden. there were 16000 people there to y

they were more active than anyone give him credit for, and also eleanor roosevelt was out there doing campaigns. it was considered bad form if you did not do a certain amount of campaigning. >> but it was behind the scenes most of it. i think ladybird antjuan deserve credit for being the first wife of a presidential candidate to go off on a speaking tour of her own. that was really very new. even eleanor roosevelt campaigned for other candidates, but i don't think she campaigned for her husband until he ran for that third term in 1940, because it wasn't considered, i don't know, lady like. to be open about your support for your husband. you are behind the scenes, maybe organizing women to put up posters or sending out letters. you are thanking people. what did she say? she said the wife of a candidate is to walk behind and say thank you. so it was pretty behind the scenes until the sixties. >> jackie kennedy did do some ads in spanish, for instance, to try to get -- something we talk about now, but to get the hispanic vote. >> next is the question from owen in marietta, georgia. hello

and also, the inspiration of eleanor roosevelt. >> bill clinton was a baptist. hillary was a methodist. bill clinton is a baptist that wakes up every morning and forgives himself, and the rest of the world. hillary used her religion more in a sort of explanation of her active life. her motto was do the best you can the most you can as often as you can. that was sort of her methodist motto. >> that's a line we will quote after this program is over. >> next is kippah in atlanta. keep, you are on. >> good evening. i have not talked to you in a while. i have read both of your works. i really enjoyed your work on character back in 1988. my question was in response to the caller last week about mrs. bush. the question was what was the relationship between the two first ladies during the transition. i would like to get both of your comments on this quote from mrs. bush. after the informal tour of the white house, mrs. bush in response to reporters questions, reporters said do you have any advice for mrs. clinton? and mrs. bush said, avoid the reporters like the plague.

eastern, 1958 mccall's magazine interview with eleanor roosevelt through family photographs and telling the stories kind them. if you need a transcript, we are happy to provide one. william: i will need that. i am sure. [indiscernible] our editor-in-chief thought it might be more effective one-on-one. i remember an interview once i had -- have you ever seen their headquarters? it is kind of a beautiful country home, spacious lawns. william: it is indeed. president captivated our founder for four and a half hours and then had to leave to make a speech. it was a wonderful lunch. would like to do here, sir, is ask you some questions so that our readers have a better idea of president reagan, the man. i would like to start off by asking what has surprised you the most pleasantly and unpleasantly about being inside the government you have for so long observed from the outside? all. reagan: well, first of , one surprise, pleasant or how little i was surprised. years ashe eight governor of california, i realize when i came in here, suddenly it wasn't the great shock that becoming governor had

human rights and eleanor roosevelt. this is part of the exhibition that has been extremely popular guests, and particularly younger people, who sometimes see the freedom of expression as expressed in the 1940's as limiting,lamenting -- sometimes monolithic, and now understanding that freedom in america today is something that is vitally important. from what perspective someone comes from, to an extent they have received such freedoms and bestow that respect onto others. you can go through this part of the exhibition and see various themes of different peoples, and certain inhibitors of liberty, such as the intrusiveness of electronics and surveillance that enters people's homes. religious figures, the dalai others, all part of the same family. rockwel ian an ideal -- lian in ideal, like the golden rule. and yet more diverse, more inclusive, perhaps, from the perspective of today's artists and today's viewers. certainly some images of resistance. and the reminder that sometimes the nation has fallen short of its ideals.

and thanks to misses roosevelt, eleanor roosevelt, established the first formal correspondence office at the white house. she was the eyes and ears for her. she really understood what that connection to the american people would be through mail they wrote to her or the president. talk about the threat of history. it's a really wonderful example, the connection to the constituents, you can never forget that. >> what that reminded me of is that she had a mindset that was almost like a member of congress. in terms of having a constituency. and the people across america where her constituency, and she understood them because she had grown up with them, she was an incredibly hardworking person. from the time she was -- from the time she was 13 euros old, her mother died. she was working on the farm in the morning. taking care of her older brother's. really raising her older brother's. cooking for them. went on to start working as a teenager. sometimes holding two and three jobs. she was a professional for a very long time. and the main thing is, she understood how people felt about somethi

i think she was eclipsed by eleanor roosevelt and maybe later by the clamor of jackie kennedy. she's kind of been forgotten. i was curious if any of you all know how she was perceived at the time of her reign as first lady. by the press and public. >> also the depression was a color peoples view of her tenure. i wish you perceive that you came to office? >> it was with the same expectations and same enthusiasm that had created birx coming to office. a lot was expected. lueck been involved nationally with girl scouts. she had been involved with the national athletic amateur federation the women's division. she had hosted her chair at a conference on women in law forsman back in 1924, to try to get equal enforcement of the prohibition laws. she was very well known. one of the things that she did early on as the car rightly points out she was unorthodox in other ways. one of the things she did not have, she inherited preschoolers secretary, those who didn't get on. she was a social secretary who want to lose to learn how to do the washington society way. that wasn't exactly how lo

eleanor roosevelt wanted to commit to the market people that you can exist with racial harmony on the u.s. army basis. so she came up with the plan. burn the secretary of the army to have two high-profile blacks, go around to u.s. army basis and engage in physical training with the soldiers. the first person she picked was heavyweight champion of the world joe lewis. andy young cat he was a friend of his who had actually wrote about in his girlfriend, the person was rowing the boat, was young sugar ray robinson. anyway, there are riots in southern cities of blacks who say they are being asked to go to war died. but they can't get equal treatment in the u.s. dave: for fighting for democracy abroad. being treated fate terribly in the very army bases they are being trained. it. wil: right. so joe lewis and sugar ray robinson lead this physical training troop from army base. two army base . up north, the army bases are fine. everything is okay. you get down to alabama and mississippi be this when all breaks loose. one day, joe lewis is using a telephone on an army base in alabama. in a wh

eleanor roosevelt did it. she had her picture taken with japanese americans. she wrote in her columns about the italian americans, german americans, japanese americans. these are our fellow citizens. these are our friends and neighbors. let's not forget that. maybe she had some influence, but not nearly enough. people wonder why the italian americans and the german americans did not go into camps in larger numbers. because thousands of them did and you've written a book about this, monica. you've done all the research and you know about that how those people were treated. they had the advantage and it looked more like what america was supposed to look like. the japanese americans stood out. there was this real concern about that invasion of the west coast there were submarines -- in the pacific ocean and there were some incidents. but nothing to implicate japanese americans themselves, so we have really got to stay on top of this. >> people like my dad were an immigrant from japan, but he wanted to do something that helped in the war effort. so he applied to t

she wants susan b anthony, oh eleanor roosevelt. see, love this. this is what you want your kid to ask for. martin luther king junior. i'm telling you, i love that. and george washington. and this is what i want to do . tell your dad that if you love me you will go register for the lego and if you don't register and vote, you don't love me. he said those words and watch what you get. [laughter]. guest: on the inner circle, you had a scavenger hunt. do you future plans doing something like that. brad: i love hiding things and all of my books. can't do it a tv show, called decoded without playing some decoded. in one of the things we should talk about his kind conspiracies. so first a few things. so the book the inner circle, a put it secret code that was hidden in there. if you crack the secret code that is hidden in the page of this inner circle, there was a reward that was there. if you got it found it, the reward of his tendon and not telling where an american it was hidden but you got it. it took four years before someone finally cracked it. and

in particular, the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. >> good afternoon. i say that with some trepidation because our audience is national and international. morning to some of you and good to some of you. i am the executive director of the american historical association. james: this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. historical context essential to decision-making in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. this is a membership supported organization. anybody who watches public television or listens to public radio is ready for this. if you would like to become a member and support this type of content, never siblings are located in the chat on zoom and in the comments on facebook live. and especially grateful thankful to history channel four their generous sponsorship of this webinar. let's get started. it is an honor to introduce today's panelists, annette gordon reed. blight, he studies slavery and abolition. these professors are pulitzer prize winning historians and the

i mean, the role model that she modelled herself after was eleanor roosevelt. but there was a great difference between the two which was that bill clinton and hillary clinton from the very beginning saw that they could get places together that they couldn't apart. so, whereas eleanor was very active as a first lady, she was really on her own tract separate from president roosevelt whereas bill clinton relied on hillary for much of his policy from the very beginning going all the way back to arkansas. so, that two for one comment which he made wasn't the press saying that, was a reality to them. and throughout his presidency, it helped and hurt at various times. >> we said at the outset that hillary clinton was a first lady with quite a few firsts. let's show some of those to you. she's the first first lady to have a graduate degree. hers was a law degree. she was the first to have an office in the west wing which is where the policy is made. she was later on the first to testify before a grand jury as the investigations were ramping up. after office she was the

eleanor roosevelt is always at the top and then below that there's some fluctuation. i think in his case, he's not rated as highly as she is by a lot of the traditional polls. on the other hand, he was rated as one of the top three presidents in history on the environment, and there's a -- there's a libertarian book out that ranks him in the top 10, which is interesting, coming from that source. so i think the jury is still out. you know, papers are still being declassified, people are still getting the broader perspective. and hopefully, people will keep having these kinds of discussions. >> how much of her papers did she preserve for the public? >> well, she's got a lot. she took very extensive notes and diaries, and there's a lot of private comments in there. and in general, those are -- still haven't been available to historians. so she is a great documenter. she is a good historian herself. her memoirs of the white house years is something that i always recommend to people. it's -- you can still get copies. >> in fact, i have one here. it's "first lady from plain

and then franklin roosevelt cheating on eleanor roosevelt in 1917. so, the rich have their prerogatives and they take them. >> one of our viewers on facebook asks, "how did mrs. harding respond to the rumors of harding's wandering eyes? " >> yes, it's a great question. and i didn't -- i think it's kind of fun -- i think we're going to have a little bit of a debate about some of these relationships, this extramarital relationships that warren g. harding had. he did have this affair with carrie phillips, who was woman, they met early on old friends, they were both a couple - phillipses and the hardings who all were related as a -- in a connected way in ohio. >> and what happens over time is that warren falls in love with -- with carrie. and florence eventually finds out about this. so, sometime between 1905 when florence gets sick for the first time in 1911, she discovers this affair. and they were still friends and they were still vacationing together and the -- the caller asks how was this happening and how did florence react to this. >> well, not ve

i think she played a more traditional role as first lady than say, hillary clinton or eleanor roosevelt. but frankly, i don't -- i think the two things the gentleman mentioned were very much consistent with her personality, reading the obituaries of the dead, comforting the people in need, that's very much a part of her personality. >> so, i'm going to interrupt, because our time is actually getting short. you referenced this earlier and that was her trip to the white house correspondents dinner and in fact, just as nancy reagan had done two decades earlier, she went to the press corps to have people see her in a different light than perhaps they did, with covering her regularly. let's watch and those of you who saw it originally will remember this time when she spoke up as surprisingly. >> george w. bush: and so the city slicker asked the old guy how to get to the nearest town ... >> laura bush: not that old joke. not again. (applause) >> laura bush: george always says he's delighted to come to these press dinners. baloney! he's usually in bed by now. i'm not kidding. i said to him the