Canonized her, she was my wife. It is quite remarkable, despite the fact that she has not had a particularly positive people remember her as being dignified, they remember her as one devoted to her family. They remember her as one who might not have worn designer gowns, but she was blessed with Natural Beauty so she didnt need them, she was criticize. She shouldve considered why didnt she make speeches . That shows she didnt have a mind of her own. But she is smart. She knows you cant have to voices out of the white house. She had her ideas and she express them privately. Critics among the leaders of the past, they wouldnt understand, they wouldnt appreciate it all, she was self assured, selfconfident, she didnt have such a big ego that she had to go out and prove that she had her own right, to her what was important was the career of her husband. We hear a lot of criticism about the president , the former president that much have went, in an friendly media. Thats not surprising, thats
I say dont come out too often. This is unusual for me. I do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for planning this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always and thanks to the young people for this great pat nixon, first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went interest a hard background to the white house. She traveled more widely than anybody before her, made volunteerism her issue and was chief supporter and behind the scenes political adviser to her husband president Richard Nixon. Good evening and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of pat nixon. Though her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate, so were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to tell her s
So this is quite unusual for me but i did want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than any before her, made volunteerisms her issue, and was a chief supporter and behindthescenes political adviser to her husband, president Richard Nixon. Good evening, and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to
Stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now, at nixon on first ladies influence an image. This is about 90 minutes. [applause] in i stay in the wings and do not come out too often. This is quite unusual for me. I do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for the planning of this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than anybody before her, volunteering was her issue, and was a chief supporter to the political debts and political advisor to her husband. Good evening. Tonight, we will tell you the story of pat nixon. Although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. We will tell more of her record and learn more about her life be
Influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to tell her story. Tim naftali is a president ial historian and the former head of the Nixon Library. And meet mary brennan, who is a pat nixon biographer and also history professor at texas state university. Well, welcome to both of you. Lets start with this perception of pat nixon. She is described in your book, actually, as an enigma. So what should people know . What are a couple of things about pat nixon that theyd be surprised to learn . Ms. Brennan pat was fun and funny. People who knew her talked about her sense of humor. And she was adventurous. As a young woman, she worked for a hospital in new york city, and she would