National book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. And welcome to another summer evening with booktv is binge watch series. Tonight were focusing on books written by former first ladies. The first first lady to venture into publishing was nellie tapp who recalled her time in the white house in her 1914 memoir, recollections in four years. Since then another for slaves have published memoirs. We will focus tonight on five women with serve in a position in the last few years. First up, Rosalynn Carter, she served as first lady from 19771981 and shes the author of five books. In 1984 for bestselling memoir, first lady from planes, was released. Her subsequent books have focused on caregiving and Mental Health care. A subject chess champion throughout her life. From 2010, here is Rosalynn Carter talking about her book within our reach. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you. Im really pleased to be a tonight and really pleased to see so many people in interested in my book. Iv
To see nowadays. Before 1972, there were few primaries. Most of the delegates to both conventions, republicans and democrats, were elected through as we call it back channels, small party conventions, back room meetings, among various politicians. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates to the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it now. Ly Lyndon Johnson had taken himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1968, which initiate ad a freeforall between a number of conditions. One of which was dead by august of 68. That was Robert Kennedy who had been a peace candidate, who had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. Thats one thing thats lying behind the convention in august of 68 when people arrive there, the kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. Hubert humphrey had become the nominee, the Party Nominee by august as vicepresident. There was another p
Terrified, that they would come back . Absolutely, the chilling matter, a young survivor driven to become a state senator. He was very, very passionate. What they ever come Out Of The Dark . I always get a little emotional and i cant believe its in here 30 years later, an answer. The Power Forgiveness. This is what my dad and my mom taught me. In his 40s and married again, he started fresh, here in the beach, in malibu. It was time, finally to put it to rest. Ali use hollywood to release those demons, get that in the rearview mirror. I look back and it was just building this coat of armor. And that was killing me and it was killing my marriages, my friendships. It was protecting me but it was keeping me away from people that i loved. After all, what else but a movie could make sense of it . But those people did to him. And then what came of it . You couldnt make up. And the movie, it turned out to be a decadeslong saga of crime and punishment retribution and forgiveness. Perhaps it was
War, womens history, the history of childhood, and reconstruction. I have had an opportunity to meet many of judy students. They are outstanding. She brings them here every year to gettysburg. I have had a fantastic time with judy out in the battlefield. She is a wellestablished scholar. She has published a number of books and articles. The book that has probably gotten the most acclaim is entitled civil war, sisterhood, and womens politics in transition. And just recently, she has assumed the editorship of the journal of the civil war era. It is a fantastic journal out of penn state, also published by the university of North Carolina press, and certainly worth your attention. Our second panelist, just to the left, is sarah gardner. Sarah is professor of history and director of southern studies at Mercer University in georgia, where she teaches cultural and intellectual history of the 18th and 19th century american south. She serves as the associate editor for the voices of the america
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