she was emerging in emerging as a sophisticates had not the watergate crisis happened she would be an asset to the country. i just want to talk about the end of their lives. pat came down with lung cancer in the 1990's. nixon was dubbed -- devastated. monica crowd gave foreign policy said he could not finish sentences and walked along aimlessly and couldn't seem to handle a. she came close to death and the supposedly his last words to her were your family loves you, your country the issue, and

people all over the world love you. shortly thereafter she went into a coma and died. if you have never seen the video pat nixon's funeral, it is extraordinary from the bid to never wanted to be vulnerable in public he was inconsolable. he could not stop the weeping but he was completely undone because she was the only one for him. he leaned on nancy reagan's chest and wept. several days later back in new jersey monica found him and he said there is no one here. there are some guidelines. my god. to say richard nixon would not last one year. he died eight months after

pat did president clinton came to his funeral and said they said day of judging president nixon on less than his whole life be ended. you may remember president clinton was a war protester his wife was of the watergate committee so for him to say that was extraordinary so now i would like to say maybe no longer use richard nixon's marriage against him. they can disagree with his policy or politics or the way he used their views of the white house believe the marriage of love. it was one of the great accomplishments of his life. to debris should celebrate the quality of that

marriage, the loyalty, persistence, a sense of the adventure and curiosity and high purpose. the willingness to forgive each other to move through a dark periods. nixon said when they had difficult times rather than fight they would move apart then come back together. so let's celebrate these qualities. finally, the nixon marriage rife with strengths and weaknesses cover reinventing itself in crisis after crisis into word in public life for half a century. their story is central to our story and is emblematic of the american story. thank you very much. [applause]

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author bonnie morris, in your book revenge of revenge of the women's study, revenge for what? >> guest: the final tight is not meant to be provocative or rude. it's about having the opportunity to talk back to many people who steer type my field, or ask really unfair students. i have a bunch of terrific students intimidated by taking a basic class in women's history. they come tome >> i have a lot of students were intimidated by taking a basic class. they are afraid what people say. what will look on their transcript. so those experiences led me to become aware of how