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EDITH MAYO, JOINING US FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEMORY HISTORY, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK, THE SMITHSONIAN...
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GOING TO GO THROUGH YOUR BOOK AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LESSER KNOWN FIRST LADIES. MRS. ADAMS, AHEAD OF HER TIME. WHAT WAS SHE LIKE, AND WHY IS THAT...
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ADAMS, THE WIFE OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, OUR SIXTH PRESIDENT. AND SHE WAS VERY WELL EDUCATED, VERY TALENTED WOMAN, HAD MODERN IDEAS ABOUT THE ROLE
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OF WOMEN, BUT WAS MARRIED TO A MAN WHO, SHALL WE SAY, WAS TERRIBLY TRADITIONAL IN HIS VIEWS ABOUT THE ROLE OF WOMEN. SO SHE WAS ON WHICH VERY FRUSTRATED....
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BETTER FOR A BROAD RANGE OF PEOPLE. >> THIS IS A GOOD CHAPTER
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ON MRS. ROOSEVELT, FIRST LADY OF THE
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WORLD. OUR PHONE NUMBERS IS 624-1115 IS THE CONSERVATIVE LINE AND 737-6734 IS THE MODERATE LINE. EDITH WILSON? >> SHE WAS WOODROW WILSON'S SECOND WIFE....
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HER WHEN HE WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. HIS FIRST WIFE HAD DIED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR BEFORE THAT. SHE SAID SHE FELT THAT SHE WAS BEING BROUGHT INTO THE...
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MANY OF THE DECISIONS SO THAT SHE WAS INFORMED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE PRESIDENCY. AND IT WAS SHE WHO HELD THE REINS OF POWER FOR HIM AFTER...
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THAT HE HE MIGHT HAVE SOUGHT THAT HIMSELF HAD SHE NOT BEEN PUSHING BEHIND THE
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SCENES. I THINK PROBABLY SHE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MANIC IMPRESSION. TODAY WE MIGHT GIVE HER LITHIUM AND SEE A CHANGED PERSONALITY. >> WE'VE HEARD THAT...
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IT IN THE NANCY REAGAN PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DONE AND THE INFLUENCE THAT SHE'S HAD ON RONALD REAGAN. HOW BIG OF A FACTOR IS THAT? >> WELL, I THINK IT'S...
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ON. AND I THINK THAT IN MANY INSTANCES, THEY HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. PERHAPS EVEN MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT DOES. BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT...
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DISLIKED THE PUBLIC ASPECT OF THE ROLE INTENSELY. >> LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN, ON THE LIBERAL
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LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO INQUIRE, SINCE WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE FOREIGN-BORN WOMAN BE BE A FIRST LADY, WHAT WOULD BE,...
00:06:29
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THE WAR. I FLEW 58 MISSIONS. I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR THE WAR, BECAUSE THAT'S MY PERSONAL FEELING. I WONDERED WEATHER THIS WON'T BOTHER PEOPLE WHO -- I...
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THEMSELVES WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. >> HAS THERE BEEN A FOREIGN-BORN FIRST LADY? >> YES, IT WAS LOUISA KATHERINE ADAMS. SHE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND. >>...
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LADIES. THEY'RE DEMOCRAT, ALL. >> ON THE COVER OF MY
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BOOK? >> THIS BOOK HERE. >> WELL, I THINK MARTHA WASHINGTON, HER HUSBAND WAS A
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FEDERALIST. I THINK THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE GOOD PICTURES, AND THE EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS THOUGHT THAT THESE WERE WOMEN WHO WOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY...
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CRITERION. >> THERE'S
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THIS MCKINLEY
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BUTTON. >> THE BUTTON, MRS. MCKINLEY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST CAMPAIGN PIECES THAT IS IN THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION THAT RELATES TO FIRST LADIES....
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CALLING TO SAY THAT IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEBODY HAD SOMETHING
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ON TELEVISION ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE'S HISTORY. THERE'S NEVER MUCH ON
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WHITE PEOPLE'S HISTORY. IT'S ALWAYS
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BLACK PEOPLE'S HISTORY ALL THE TIME. >>
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HOW SO? CALLER: IT'S JUST ALWAYS ON THE NEWS. WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AS HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS WORLD, REALLY, LIKE WHO MADE ELECTRICITY,...
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FIRST LADIES QUESTION IS ON WHITE PEOPLE. I THINK -- I DON'T QUITE AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE BLACK HISTORY ON TELEVISION,...
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OVER 200 YEARS OF WHITE PEOPLE'S HISTORY AND NO BLACK PEOPLE'S HISTORY. I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY. I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE FINALLY...
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MOST IMPRESSED WITH WAS BESS LIFE THAT ISN'T TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH IS HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH BESS TRUMAN. IT STARTED AT A VERY EARLY AGE, AND IT SEEMED...
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LIFE. AND I THINK THAT SHE WAS HIS PARTNER ALL THE WAY THROUGH, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT DO THAT IN SUCH A PUBLIC WAY. >> LAETITIA TYLER AND THEN LATER...
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TREATED AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. >> AND SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 51, ACCORDING TO YOUR BOOK. >>
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RIGHT. AND I THINK HE WAS IN DEEP MOURNING. HE MET JULIA GARDNER TYLER THROUGH HER FATHER WHO, I BELIEVE, WAS EITHER
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IN HIS CABINET OR AN ADVISOR
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TO HIMMENT AND THEY FELL IN LOVE. SHE WAS 30-SOME YEARS YOUNGER THAN
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HE. THEY HAD A SECOND FAMILY. HE HAD SEVEN
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CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE AND SEVEN BY HIS SECOND WIFE. AND JULIA ALWAYS REFERRED TO HERSELF AS MRS. EX-PRESIDENT TYLER. >> OUR NEXT CALL IS FROM...
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THAT MORE WAS MADE OUT OF WHAT SHE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED AS A FIRST LADY THAN WHAT SHE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY REALLY DID FOR HER COUNTRY. >> WELL, I'M...
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RELUCTANT TO BE A POLITICAL SPOUSE, BUT SHE WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE LOBBYIST BEHIND THE SCENES ON BEHALF OF PROGRAMS FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE. SO I THINK...
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HERE FIRST. WE HAVE VERY LITTLE AS FAR AS THE AMERICAN INDIAN. THEY HAD MANY GREAT WOMEN, AND MANY OF THEM ASSISTEDED THE WHITE MAN IN HIS CONQUERING...
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HAVE DONE IT, BUT IT'S UNUSUAL TO SEE THAT ACTUALLY PICTURED. FRANCES CLEVELAND FELT THAT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
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THESE WIVES TO REMAIN
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IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER, TO KNOW EACH
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OTHER PERSONALLY. HE SHE ALSO ENCOURAGED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, TO YIELD SUPPORT FOR HER HUSBAND. IT'S A VERY SUBTLE FORM OF LOBBYING THAT MANY FIRST...
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EVERYBODY TO KNOW I'M WHITE AND I JUST CUT OFF THE AIR FOR HAVING FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY I GET CUT OFF AND NO ONE ELSE DOES....
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ONASSIS. EVERYONE RESPECTS HER BASED ON THE FACT THAT SHE CARRIED HERSELF WITH SUCH CLASS AND WITH
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SUCH ELEGANCE. WHY ARE WE RESPECTING THIS? HER HUSBAND TREATED ON HER WITH MARILYN
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MONROE. THAT'S JUST A BIG EGO BOOST IN ITSELF, YOU KNOW? AND SHE CARRIED HERSELF FINE, CARRIED HERSELF FINE. YOU KNOW, I'D BE HAPPY THAT HE DIED....
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MEN. I THINK BY THE TIME A WOMAN HAS INVESTED BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND LITERALLY IN A MARRIAGE OF THAT LONG STANDING, SHE'D BE GIVING UP HER LIFE IF SHE...
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BY THOSE WHO WERE IMAGE MAKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE
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HAD A NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKE, BUT WE WERE AT A TIME WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS EMPHASIZING MIDDLE AMERICA. AND I THINK THAT TO HAVE THE FIRST...
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JACQUELINE KENNEDY. SHE STARTED OUT WITH SOMETHING VERY DEFINITELY THAT WAS IN THE WOMAN'S
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FEAR, REDECORATION, REFURBISHING OF THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT I THINK ONCE THAT BECAME KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC, IT BECAME PART OF HER PERSONA, AND I THINK...
00:19:31
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MAKE. MISS MAYO WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT ABOUT WHITE AND BLACK AND GAY AND LESBIAN PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WHITE OR NONWHITE IN OUR HISTORY. I WAS...
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BECAUSE THERE WAS A GOOD BOOK WRITTEN BY JULIA NIXON EISENHOWER, AND I THINK PAT INCOMES ONIS OVERLOOKED. >> I AGREE. CALLER: UNFORTUNATELY SHE HAD...
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FROM ROSWELL, GEORGIA. >> GO AHEAD. CALLER: I HEARD AN INTERESTING STORY RECOUNTED BY JACKIE KENNEDY AT THE FUNERAL OF HER HUSBAND, SHE SPENT A...
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NAVAL OFFICER WHO REALLY WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK FOR SEVERAL DAYS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM SOMEONE WHO TOLD ME THIS STORY THAT HE PASSED AWAY FROM,...
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THINK, PNEUMONIA A FEW DAYS LATER, AND JACKIE KENNEDY IN TURN STAYED AND PREPARED AND WORKED ON THIS YOUNG FELLOW'S FUNERAL. >> I'M WANT AWARE OF...
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FOR HELPING HER TO DO THAT, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN ALSO PLANNING HIS FUNERAL AND HAVING HIM BE REMEMBERED AS WELL. >> HELLO. WHERE...
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A NUMBER, I
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MEAN, MANY PEOPLE MIGHT THINK -- >> WELL, WOODROW WILSON WAS KNOWN TO HAVE AN AFFAIR. IT'S UNCERTAIN WHETHER IT CONTINUED AFTER THEY WERE IN THE WHITE...
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IN EUROPE. SO THIS IS NOT AN UNKNOWN THING. >> LYNNWOOD, NEW JERSEY, ON THE LIBERAL LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HI. I'M HOPING THAT YOUR NEXT BIG SERIES...
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INDIAN FIGHTERS, REALLY. THE MOST FASCINATING THING OF THE SERIES TO ME WAS ANDREW JACKSON'S EXPERIENCE WHERE THERE WAS ONE BABY, A SURVIVOR AFTER...
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AGAINST HAVING INDIANS ACHIEVE AND HAVING THEM REMOVED FROM THEIR HOME LAND, PUTTING THEM ON RESERVATIONS, DRIVING THEM OUT OF THEIR ANCESTRAL PLACES...
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MOVEMENT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. LUCY, WHILE SHE HERSELF WAS NOT A TEMPERANCE WORKER, WAS
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VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT AND BANNED THE SERVING OF ALCOHOL IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WAS RIDICULED WITH THE NAME LEMONADE LUCY. >>...
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OF BITTERNESS THROUGHOUT RECONSTRUCTION, BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTH
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THE HAYESES WORKED VERY HARD TO DO, WHICH WAS TO REUNIFY THE COUNTRY. >> YOU MENTIONED BESS TRUMAN AND HOW SHE DID NOT CARE FOR THE PUBLIC ARENA. WHAT...
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PHOTOGRAPH OF HER WITH HER SON BENJAMIN, WHO WAS KILLED IN A
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FREAK AND HORRIBLE TRAIN ACCIDENT JUST BEFORE THE INAUGURATION. AND THE PARENTS WITNESSED THE DEATH. THE RAILROAD
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CAR WENT OFF THE TRACK AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. AND JANE PIERCE THOUGHT THAT GOD WAS PUNISHING THEM
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FOR BECOMING SO INVOLVED IN POLITICAL LIFE. SHE SPENT THE BALANCE OF HER HUSBAND'S ADMINISTRATION WRITING NOTES OF APOLOGY AND REQUESTING FORGIVENESS...
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ABOUT BETTY FORD. SHE HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE AND WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND I WAS WONDERING -- >> I QUITE AGREE WITH...
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WAYS, THEY WANTED TO MAKE CANDOR THE CORNERSTONE OF THAT PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION. I THINK THAT'S WHY BETTY SHARED THE PROBLEMS OF HER BREAST CANCER...
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HAD. >> I THINK SHE'S ON THE COVER OF THE BOOK BECAUSE SHE WAS THE CURRENT FIRST LADY AS THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED, AND VERY RECOGNIZABLE. AND I THINK THAT...
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NEXT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I'M CALLING TO TELL YOU, I THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD SERIES, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE AT LEAST CAUGHT MOST OF THIS....
00:28:32
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OF ACHIEVEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THOSE WHO MAY HAVE NOT DONE IT AS MUCH AS THEY COULD HAVE OR DIDN'T DO ANYTHING? >> GEE, THAT'S...
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THAT CATEGORY. PERHAPS EDITH WILSON, BECAUSE OF THE HOLDING OF THE REINS OF POWER FOR HER HUSBAND WHILE HE WAS ILL, SIMILAR TO WHAT NANCY REAGAN...
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VERY TACITURN AND NOT OUTGOING, AND SO I THINK IT WAS SHE WHO
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MADE THE FRIENDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND WAS WIDELY RESPECTED BY HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE CONGRESS. >> HER SUCCESSOR, LOU HOOVER. >> LOU HOOVER WAS...
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TO GRADUATE WITH A
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DEGREE IN GEOLOGY FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY. SHE TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD WITH HER HUSBAND AND HUSBAND MINING BUSINESS. TOGETHER THEY TRANSLATED A...
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ON YOUR SET. -- TURN THE VOLUME DOWN ON YOUR SET. CALLER: I WANT TO MACK A COUPLE OF REMARKS. I LIKED BESS TRUMAN. >> I DIDN'T MEAN THAT I DIDN'T LIKE...
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DID. I'M SORRY. BESS TRUMAN'S HUSBAND AT ONE TIME WAS A FARMER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SIMPLE PERSON. BETTY FORD, I REMEMBER, I BELIEVE
00:32:24
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BETTY WAS SO INEBRIATED THEY HAD TO HOLD HER UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. SHE CAME BACK AND MENDED THINGS. JACKIE KENNEDY, I LIKED HER. I COULDN'T QUITE FATHOM...
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WOMAN FOR HER TIME, SHE BEGAN
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THE LIBRARY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. SHE WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR HER HUSBAND'S
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ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE OF HER KNOWLEDGE OF POLITICAL LIFE. >> SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA, IS
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NEXT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A PICTURE OR -- A PICTURE OF THE FIRST LADY OF PRESIDENT GRANT IN YOUR BOOK. >>...
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HER. CALLER: I SEE. IS THERE A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER AND HER CHILDREN, OR JUST OF HER? >> IT'S ON PAGE 115 OF THE BOOK. CALLER: PAGE 115. . I'M INQUIRYING...
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OUR GREAT, GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS PRESIDENT GRANT. >> HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT, CALLER? >> THAT'S INTERESTING. CALLER: HIS
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DAUGHTER MARRIED PRESIDENT GRANT'S AID WHOSE LAST NAME WAS HALL. AND HALL WAS MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME AND MY MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME. >> WHAT KIND OF A FIRST...
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VERY HAPPY FIRST LADY. >> SHE DOESN'T LOOK HAPPY IN
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THIS PICTURE. >> NO, SHE DOESN'T. BECAUSE SHE HAD WHAT THEY THEN CALLED A WANDERING EYE. WHICH COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN CORRECTED BY SURGERY. BUT GRANT...
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WAS. SHE WAS VERY EMBARRASSED ABOUT THIS EYE THAT WAS SLIGHTLY OFF
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CENTERED.
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SHE ALWAYS HAD HER PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN PROFILE SO THAT IT
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WOULD NOT SHOW THIS SO-CALLED WANDERING EYE. BUT SHE SAID THAT HER LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS QUITE THE HAPPIEST PART OF HER LIFE. SHE HATED TO LEAVE...
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DESCEND INTO A MINING SHAFT. >> TENNESSEE ON
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THE CONSERVATIVE LINE, OUR LAST CALL. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, FOLKS. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. MAYO. ANDY JACKSON FOUGHT A DUEL. I'M...
00:37:02
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WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT? >> I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW. I'M SORRY? HER NAME WAS RACHEL. >> YOU DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF HER OR HANNAH VAN BUREON. >> NO. BECAUSE...
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NEXT PROJECT? >> MY NEXT PROJECT IS BEING AN
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ADVISOR TO A FIRST LADY SERIES
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THAT IS GOING TO APPEAR ON SHOWTIME TELEVISION. I'M REALLY LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO IT. >> WHAT LITTLE FACT OF FIRST LADYS DO YOU SHARE WITH AUDIENCES...
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ARTICLES OR PROGRAMS? >>
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WELL, I TRY TO TELL THEM THAT THIS ROLE OF THE FIRST LADY IS AN INFORMAL EXPRESSION OF POLITICAL POWER THAT THESE WOMEN
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WERE EXCEEDINGLY HELPFUL TO THEIR HUSBANDS BEHIND THE SCENES SOME, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH IN THE FOREFRONT AS THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. BUT I THINK
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HAVING TAKEN A ROLED THAT ABSOLUTELY NO JOB DESCRIPTION AND TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL POSITIONS IN OUR COUNTRY...
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US. >> THANK YOU. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AS WE CONTINUE ON THIS THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS C-SPAN'S "WASHINGTON...
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IN FEBRUARY OF 1999. >> THIS ADMINISTRATION

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