Helen tapped was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, William Howard taft, and was willing to get personally in bald in politics to get him elected. As first lady, she overcame a serious illness directly mounted the white house. Invited top Classical Musicians to perform their, and support it causes that matter to her. Helen tap also has one of the most physical legacies of our first ladies. Washington d. C. s famous japanese cherry trees, the ones that frame the tidal basin in the Nations Capital and brings tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. Good evening, and welcome to first ladies. Influence and image. The life of hell and taft, her husband served in the white house from 1909 to 1913. Here to tell us about her life and her legacy is her biographer lewis gold. His biography of her is helen taft, our musical first lady. You open the book by making the case that of the 20th century first lady, shes the most obscure but you say she deser
jeff is live. well, that changed today. it is hard to argue with how powerful the images are as those air raid sirens go off just as the president arrives in kyiv. president biden spent five hours in total in ukraine city. he was greeted to president zelenskyy, he paid tribute to soldiers and announcing half a billion dollars to assistance, that s on top of the $50 billion already given since the war started one year ago this week. one year later, kyiv stands. ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you and the world stands with you. kyiv captures a part of my heart, i must say. biden spent 23 hours in ukraine, he s now in poland, but his short time in the war zone did not come with criticism from republicans who think his time is better served elsewhere, pointing to the disaster and east palestine, ohio. he goes to ukraine and has not mentioned ohio, east palestine and is not talking about visiting it. those people are suffering. they need to h
News organization. Genevieve . [applause] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all very much for being here. I know youre in for a treat. Our speaker today doesnt need a huge introduction, because i know many of you recognize him. Brian is a man that spends six hours a day on the airwaves, you see him from 69 a. M. On fox friends. By the way, the president tweeted out a nice shoutout today, did you see that . I saw that. He said youre doing a great job. [laughter] then, of course, his radio show for three hours from 9 p. M. Til noon, but hes also become a prolific author. Hes the author now of five books, the last three of which have been on three of our most famous president s. So he had George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the tripoli pirates and now Andrew Jackson and the miracle of new orleans. So those first two books, one on George Washington, the one on Thomas Jefferson boast made the New York Times best both made the New York Times bestseller list, and i dont doubt Andrew Jac
White house. American history tv features cspans original series, first ladies. Cspan produced in the series in cooperation with the White House Historical association. Through conversations, video tools, and questions from cspans audience, we tell the story of americas 45 first ladies. Next, helen taft. This is about 1. 5 hours. Helen taft was more ambitious by getting to the white house than her husband. Willing to get personally involved in politics to get elected. She overcame a serious illness to directly manage the white house, invite a Classical Musicians to perform, and supported concerts that mattered to her. Helen taft also has a visible legacy. Famouston, d. C. s japanese cherry trees, the ones that frame the title basin in bring visitors to washington every year. Good evening and welcome to first ladies, influence and image, the life of helen taft. He served from 19091913. Here to tell us about her life is her biographer. Is our musical first lady. You open the book making
She also seemed to have an agenda to get her husband to the white house. The story is that she decided during the haze and ministration she said she wanted to do that as well. There are a lot of women sometimes, she is portrayed as a cross between Mommy Dearest and lady macbeth, which is not the case. She was a much more constructive influence and a nicer lady. Helen taft has an interesting story. We bet many of you will be hearing it for the first time. He would like to involve even our conversation. You can send us comments on facebook. You can also send us a tweet using the first ladies. We will get to your calls in a few minutes. First, we will tell you about her early biography. How does she get to the white house at age 16 . Her father in cincinnati where friends with president rutherford b. Hayes and lucy hayes and they went to the white house she had not yet made her debut. She could not participate in social activities. President hayes and says it was wonderful to have her the