Its only in recent years that a lot of focus on how it rocked her message was, predicting in the early years. I think james found her distant and cold, but as the years went by, she had a tremendous influence on him. James and luke richard spent a lot of time with her family, and that led to the key to success. Mrs. Garfield adored her time at the exhibition and she was interested in the latest sciences and technologies of the day. After james guard feel to death, a lot of prominent citizens raised there into 50 dollars that was turned over to Lucretia Garfield. And todays dollars, that would equate to 8 Million Dollars. Her character was exceedingly strong and she had a rectitude that was in vulnerable. I Lucretia Garfield was born in ohio and 1832. Her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. A supporter of womens rights and deeply interested in partisan politics, she and president james our field entered the white house on march 4th, 1881, afte
That were appointed position s, that were, you know, at the discretion of people in power, ended up being a power struggle within the party between an ohiobased party, which is James Garfields party also Rutherford Hayes was from the same not only the same part of ohio, but the same kind of thinking and what were called the stalwarts, which were new yorkbased. And, you know, you see certain states really emerge throughout history with holding on to power within a particular party. And then in new york, that was really headed by a man by the name of roscoe conkling, who became a United States senator. So this is the struggle, and you see then, of course, the person who ends up shooting president garfield, deranged, of course, Charles Guiteau, but proudly screaming with the gun in his hand, im a stalwart. Now arthur is president. And that was a reference to the fact that Vice President arthur elected with garfield was of the new york wing of the party. Swain well, garfield himself was a
So americans are not very reflective. That its wonderful to have love, but where is the interior of our soul . Do we think about where we fit in to the dysfunctions . The word that he wouldnt necessarily understand. But its one thats very owerful. When we distrust politicians are we really saying that we istrust ourselves . What is so great about the United States . We acknowledge these types of breakages between ourselves and the outcome of policy. He would say it does not fit very well, that we distrust institutions in a country we profess to love. Join me in thanking dr. Farrier. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] on the next washington journal, Kevin Kuhlman looks at how the Health Care Laws impacting Small Businesses round the country. Then Brian Moulton on samesex marriage. Demrt Obama Administration released its final Cybersecurity Framework report. Guidelines for companies to improve security. On tues
Today as a Public Service by your cable provider. Coming up in a moment, the final program in our first lady series with a look at their role and influence in history. Followed by ken ham and bill merits ofating the evolution and creationism. Then the bbc first correspondent jane little. She delivered the keynote address on medias coverage of religion. The first ladies worked to make the white house a family home. Tonight, on our series finale, we will look back at the lives of these women from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, how the role of first lady has evolved, and how certain individuals have helped define the job. Good evening and welcome as we spend the next few hours wrapping up our yearlong series. What is going to be important about these final two hours is you. We hope that you will be a major part of our program tonight by calling us, sending us tweets, or posting on facebook what you have learned or questions about some of the history we have had on display during the
Bedroom a lot more frequently. She converted the downstairs kitchen into an open Reception Room and had the kitchen moved into the back part of the house. Most significantly was the construction of the president ial library. She started to make a lot of changes to the property. I am standing in the room that he used as an office for the years that he was living here in the house. Lucretia garfield called this the general snuggery. This room looks pretty much how it did. She did make a few minor changes in here, in memorium is carved in the wood. It does have an interesting double meaning. It was also the title of james and lucretias favorite poem. He became a firsttime member of the house of representatives. The first born child, eliza died. She was only two or three. This was very tragic and it brought them much closer together than they have been. Two weeks or so after the daughters death, he told lucretia that he had been not reading this poem, in memorial by alfred lord tennyson. I