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Susan Grace Coolidge was enormously popular as first lady, and influenced the taste of american women by becoming a style icon. Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the whi ....
Married to a man known as silent cal, she never spoke to the press, but she did use her office to bring attention to issues she cared about. Good evening, and welcome to cspan series, first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well be telling you the story of first lady Grace Coolidge who came into office with her husband, the president , in 1923 after the sudden death of president harding. Here to set the stage for us as we learn about the fiveplus years of their time in the white house is amity shlaes, who is a coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, author of other books on that period. Welcome to the program. Lets have you just tell us about of the arrival of Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepare was he for the job . Amity actually, quite prepared because hed been a politician all his life. President coolidge was one of those men who started small in city ....
Im jamie colby, in laguna beach, california, about an hour south of l. A. I think my favorite strange inheritance stories are about regular folks who discover something in moms attic or grandpas basement that not only changes their lives but reveals something i never knew about american history. My name is marty dolan. For decades, a few boxes collected dust in my mothers attic. When i opened them, i discovered my familys link to some of the most sensational crime stories of the 20th century. I meet marty, a 70yearold retired anesthesiologist. Hi, marty. Im jamie colby. Welcome to my home. He tells me this true detective story begins in 1960, when martys greatuncle, mike malone, a longtime irs employee, passes away. Martys grandmother, molly, heads to st. Paul, minnesota, to collect her brothers personal effects. Its there she makes a bizarre find under the pillow a gun. No serial numbers on the gun. They were etched out. Why would he, as a government employee, have a gun with no seria ....