Roosevelt would find whichever seat was comfortable for her. She did not have an assigned a seat at this table. This is the bedroom that franklin and eleanor shared as adults. 1918, when infidelity was discovered within the marriage. From that point on, mrs. Roosevelt insisted on not sharing the same bed with Franklin Roosevelt. At that time, mrs. Roosevelt chose a bad room right next to and it has a doorway coming right in. This was an area where she could eat by herself. It was this was an area where she could be by herself. It was a bit of a private space. The furniture in this room was used by mrs. Roosevelt, one of the fear areas where she could get privacy. When they were both here, it was given they would vote here in the big house. If for some reason franklin was not at hyde park, mrs. Roosevelt was spentr own her time a couple short miles away from the site. Thehis direction we have entrance to sara delano roosevelts room, sandwiched sarah and her husband franklin, the same as in their lifetime she was sandwiched between franklin and his mother, sarah. The involvement of mrs. Roosevelt in the political career of Franklin Roosevelt is right from the beginning. But she becomes much more active in her role after 1921, when Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio. She would encourage Franklin Roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions and she would join forces with political strategist. This was the room where their strategies were laid out. It was important because lewis howell and mrs. Roosevelt did not have a real close relationship until the polio came into the story. Lewis howell was with Franklin Roosevelt since 1910, when he started his political career. Itwould encourage franklin, in a sense against the wishes of franklins mother, sarah. Sarah felt as franklin contracted polio, thinking of the resources of the family, that franklin could very easily live his life out here at springwood in the role of the gentleman estate keeper. Wouldoosevelt and howell encourage just the opposite and motivate franklin. Louis howe would be a big influence because he would tutor mrs. Roosevelt and her public speaking and teach her how to put emphasis on certain words, how to control her very interesting voice that sometimes went highpitched. Soon, mrs. Roosevelt would be comfortable with her public speaking and realize the power of that ability. Some i think it was a self serving of mrs. Roosevelt, because when you think of the gentleman estate keeper, his wife would also be confined to the estate. Roosevelt pursuing his political ambitions, mrs. Roosevelt would enjoy a certain freedom. Toring relative to our public speaking was very important because very shy Eleanor Roosevelt was a little intimidated by public speaking. She was suddenly realize she had the ability to conquer that fear through the tutoring and she would realize the power of public speaking. And in this case, the power was that a cap Franklin Roosevelts image alive to the American Public until he addresses the Democratic Convention in 1924. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im speaking to you tonight at a very serious moment in our history. The cabinet is convening and the leaders of congress are meeting with the president. And Army Department and Navy Officials have been with the president all afternoon. The japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the airships that japans were bombing our citizens in hawaii and the philippines, sinking one of our transports loaded with lumber on its way to why you. By tomorrow morning, the members of congress will have a full report and be ready for action. In the meantime, we the people are already prepared for action. For months now, the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads. Yet it seemed impossible to believe, impossible to drop the day things, and not preparing to meet an enemy in a matter where he strikes. That is well over now. There is no more uncertainty. Andnow what we have to face we know that we are ready to face it. Woman growing up in missouri, first Lady Bess Truman would often be paid a visit by her neighbors relative, harry truman. When my grandfather visited independence, 26 miles from where he lived at the time in grandview in 1910, he often stayed across the street at the nolan house, which is where his aunt and two cousins lived. One afternoon he was over there with his cousins, with the family, and his aunt brought a cake plate. Madgey greatgrandmother, wallace, had given her a cake. Mrs. Nolan had cleaned the cake plate and was asking if anybody would take it back over. And my grandfather moved with what my mother once described as approaching the speed of light and grabbed the cake plate and moved over here, rang the front door in the hope, of course, that my grandmother would answer the door. And she did. And she invited him in, and that is the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. They first met in sunday school, when my grandmother was five and my grandfather was six. They were baptists. I grandfathers family was baptists, but the first purpose but the firsth Presbyterian Church demonstrate had a good sunday school, and that is what my great grandmother was interested in, a good sunday school. So she took grandpa over there one day to talk to the reverend. As she was talking, sunday school was in session. As she was talking to the reverend, my grandfather noticed this little girl sitting in sunday school class with what he described beautiful blue eyes and long golden curls. He sort of fell in love with her right then and there. As far as i know, as far as anybody knows, never look at another woman. We are on the back or choke my grandparents home in independence, missouri. As is the way that we came in. This is weighed the family came this is the way the family came in, through the kitchen door. Came into the kitchen. The first place iowas head it was back here to the pantry. And i dont see the 10, but there was always a tin in here on one of the shelves of nice round tin filled with brownies. I was made sure that was in here before i went anywhere else in the house. Once i made sure the brownies the next stopn, had to be my grandfathers study. Because whenever you came into the house, he did not meet us at the airport when he got older, but when she came into the house, you had to stop here and say hi to grandpa. This is where you found him most of the time as he was getting older and i was getting older. If i wanted to talk to grandpa, is where i looked because he was always reading. My grandmother and my mother sat in those chairs and often read in here with him. Apparently my grandmother and mother always used to start fights where my grandfather would read down to the end of the page, mark is place with his finger, he and look up and tried to decide if the fight was escalating to the point where he had did get out of the room. If everything was ok, he would read down to the next page. Sometimes he left, sometimes he stayed. This is the formal dining room. This is where we ate the evening meal every day. We had breakfast in the kitchen, a sandwich or something for lunch, but this is where we ate meals. Mal dinner my grandmother sat at that end of the table is where she sat. Closest to the kitchen, i think. So if we go through here, in the center of the house, in the foyer, youll notice that the biggest portrait in the house is , margaret late mother truman daniel. She was their only child, only conceived after my grandmother suffered two miscarriages. My grandmother was 39 when she was born, so she was very precious to my grandparents and a family very close as unit. My grandfather kind of spoiled her. I grandmother was more of the disciplinarian. The three of them were very, very tight as a family. Because she was their only child. This way,go through we are in the living room. This chair is where my grandmother later in her life, this is where she did her reading. After my grandfather passed away, this is often where my grandmother sat. She read a murder mysteries. She loved murder mysteries. She had stacks of them on either side of the chair. She would have a stack on the side, that she had not read yet, and she had an outstanding. It would be donated or put on the shelf after she read them, but this is where she spent a lot of her time. She gave a lot of those castoff murder mysteries to my mother, who do the same thing, reading with stacks on either side of the chair, and mom, of course, eventually became a mystery writer. This painting was originally painted as my grandmothers official white house portrait. Johnson960s, lady bird went looking for portraits of first ladies to hang, rehang in the white house. She thought that was important. She looked high and low and cannot find my grandmothers official portrait. So she called my grandmother and said, mrs. Truman, do you know where the painting is, what can i find it. The grandmother said, yeah, its on my wall. Mrs. Johnson said, you really should not have that, it belongs in the white house. My grandmother said, no, that is my painting, it is on my wall, and that is where it is going to stay. I think mrs. Johnson tried a couple of more times but eventually gave up. There were two copies made by the artists. One of them hangs in the Truman Library down the road, the other is in the white house, but those are the copies. As is the original portrait. First lady mamie eisenhowers sense of style got her noticed by the fashion world. With one of worked her favorite designers for her suits and they wear outfits. This is the outfit that she wore to the formal opening of the Saint Lawrence seaway, where she ike met prince elizabeth princess elizabeth and prince philip. This is a printed cotton fabric with many of the houses the eisenhowers lived in during their marriage. It also includes the fivestar symbol. These are a few examples of mamies day dresses. She was very fond of the color pink. Are of the dresses sleeveless. Shell we set her arms were ikes favorite feature, so she chose to show them off. His is a handmade rest that budget. R attention to this has an exceptionally long ham that she would raise and lower. Jackie kennedy is well known for the little like dress. Here are two examples of mamies little black dress. Mamie always said that she would never dress like a little old lady. These gowns show her love of bright colors and wild fabrics. Like any highfashion lady of the day, she loved hats. This is a small sampling of some in the collection. One of her favorite is honors with sally victor. No one outfit is complete without a fabulous pair of shoes. Nobody knew that better than mamie. Her love of fashion to not begin in the white house. This dress and undergarment from the mid1920s shows her love of fashion. She was about 30 years old, too old to be considered a flapper, but still stylish for the day. Lets look at some of the exhibits that focus on her style. Mamie is wellknown for her trademark hairstyle. You could even purchase fake bangs to put into your hair at all of the drugstores in the 1950s. She would regularly go to the Elizabeth Arden salons. Elizabeth arden had one of her hair stylist create the drawing so that she could take them with her so she had to go to another stylist, her hair would always be perfect. In a poor who grew up family of all sons, she was from a welltodo family of all daughters. She attended a finishing school and we have her report card from the school in denver, colorado. English, got a b in she actually got a cminus in european history and a c in french. Who knew that in later years as a military wife and future first lady that she would be so well traveled and have so much to do with european history . We actually have a special passport issued to mamie. In 1945. This is when she could go join was theand ike when he First Military commander of the u. S. Occupied germany at the end of world war ii. While in germany, she actually purchased this sterling silver pin. Mamie renewed her passport one more time a few years later to travel with ike. We have her inoculation card. This is from 1951, when he was commander of the naval forces, stationed in france. Mamie loved charms. Early on, ike bought her this west point football charm showing the army and navy game scores in 1913 and 1914 when ike was coach of the Army Football team. This calvarythemed sterling silver pendant was purchased by ike for mamie when he was stationed in the philippines working for general macarthur. Mamie could not always travel with ike, but she was often on his mind. These bangles were purchased in north africa in 1943 during operation torch in the invasion of north africa during world war ii. Her military, connections continued. As she christened the uss nautilus in 1954, the nautilus was the first nuclearpowered naval vessel and the silver sleeve of the champagne bottle that she smashed against the hull. As a military wife, she took great pride in creating a home in each of the 36 places they lived during their marriage. Was young girl, mamie diagnosed with a heart conditions. In later years, she was ordered to stay in bed three days a week. That was a little much for her, so she compromised and stayed in bed every day until noon. She was a busy lady. She would get up in the morning, do her hair, put on her makeup, ben wear a lovely bed jacket and lay back in bed. While wearing the bed jackets, she would often meet with her secretary to plan the day. As first lady, she ran the white house with military precision. Her schedules were often blocked out in five minute permits per day. We have schedules from every year that mamie was first lady. Not onlyhedule, we see did she have a diplomatic dinner, but the next morning she was cutting the ribbon at the national Presbyterian Church czar. Bazaar. H some of the things that she would discuss with her social secretary were of a personal nature. Shopping for Christmas Gifts for their grandchildren and notes to buy granddaughter,er susan. She was always good with figures and would keep notes say she would not go over budget. Having a keen sense of fashion, Jacqueline Kennedy was admired for her clothing ensembles. Mrs. Kennedy is known as a style icon. The first ensemble that she wore as first lady, of course, was on inauguration day. Sh color dress and legt designed by only c cassini. The only thing that she wore to ensemble was aom beautiful ruby brooch by tiffany that jfk gave her to celebrate john junior,h of right after the swearing in. And of course most famously finishing the ensemble was the poll box hat. She wore that on the back of her head so her face could be seen. That actually set a fashion trend. Whereas the hat would normally be worn on the top of the head, she had a pushed back to sort of free her face. Storaged here at its boxes perhaps one of mrs. Kennedys bestknown dresses, the breast that she wore during her televised tour of the white house in february 1962. Visitors to arm easy them when we have this dress on exhibit are quite surprised to realize it is red, because of course the program was filmed in blackand white and broadcast in black and white. But i like to surmise that she chose red for that program, knowing it would be televised on valentines day 1962. Lets go into the museum and look at other examples of Jacqueline Kennedys clothing we have on display. Mrs. Kennedy put an awful lot of thought into her wardrobe when she was representing the country, both at the white house and while traveling abroad. She would think about what colors would mean something to the country im about to visit. So for her visit to canada in 1961, actually the first state visit the kennedys made as president and first lady lady, she chose this red suit ip or by pierre ip ai cardin, also knowing that she would be greeted by the Canadian Royal mounted police. Here we have a green coat and hat worn by the first lady lady for her arrival in bogota colombia in december 1961. The president and first lady traveled through south america on that visit, greeted by ,undreds of thousands of people overwhelming response. Particularly when mrs. Kennedy would address the crowds in spanish. I really admire the thought that mrs. Kennedy put into her wardrobe. She would think about the event she was attending or the country she was visiting. Was there a style or particular color that she could wear that would mean something to her hosts, and she also knew the advantage of choosing a color or style that would make her stand out in a crowd. Her oral history, mrs. Kennedy speaks at greatly about president kennedys love of reading, love of history, his belief in the power of words. And that is something, that is a believe they both shared. What i like about this story here is it shows it is an example of that believe in the power of words. Its a great example of the collaboration between husband and wife. This is very early in his president ial campaign, late 1959. In those early days, mrs. Kennedy traveled with him on the campaign trail as much as possible. This is a reading copy of a speech he presented in ofhington state in june 1959. Mrs. Kennedy was with him at that dinner. President kennedy obviously had a speech writer, but he would often rewrite and edit his speeches up until the moment he was about to deliver it. At this particular dinner, as he was waiting to speak, he wanted to close his speech with some verses from ulysses. Mrs. Actually asked kennedy, give me the last lines from ulysses. And the following in her h is the rest of the poll him which she knew from memory is whichst of the poll em she knew from memory, giving him the words. Lovea young age, jacquelyn to write. She would often create poems as gifts to her parents. On christmas and birth as come she would write a poll him and illustrated. We have some early examples when she was about 10 years old. While at school in connecticut where she went to high school, she wrote a really wonderful essay called be kind and do your share. Be kind and do your share, that is all there is to it. And she goes on about helping others in life is so important and how it is easy to just say a kind word to somebody, all the difference it can make to that person. This scrapbook is called one special summer. After graduating from school, her mother ands, stepfather, sent jackie and her sister on summer through europe. As a token of appreciation for that gift, they collaborated together on this scrap oak to give to their parents on this scrapbook to give t