when she fell in love with franklin when she fell in love with franklin roosevelt back in 1905 when they got married, they would move in with franklin's mother, sarah. she operated this estate since the year 1900, when sarah's elderly husband, mr. james roosevelt had passed away. home,e this was sarah's she made the decisions here. she also handled the finances of the family and was most definitely the matriarch of the family. this is where the family gathered for the daily mail, the activity of the room in porton because it reflects the interaction of the family. sara roosevelt sat at the head of the table, franklin roosevelt at the upper end, and eleanor

roosevelt would find whichever seat was comfortable for her. she did not have an assigned a seat at this table. this is the bedroom that franklin and eleanor shared as adults. 1918, when infidelity was discovered within the marriage. from that point on, mrs. roosevelt insisted on not sharing the same bed with franklin roosevelt. at that time, mrs. roosevelt chose a bad room right next to and it has a doorway coming right in. this was an area where she could eat by herself. it was -- this was an area where she could be by herself. it was a bit of a private space. the furniture in this room was used by mrs. roosevelt, one of the fear areas where she could get privacy. when they were both here, it was given they would vote here in the big house. if for some reason franklin was not at hyde park, mrs. roosevelt

was spentr own her time a couple short miles away from the site. thehis direction we have entrance to sara delano roosevelt's room, sandwiched sarah and her husband franklin, the same as in their lifetime she was sandwiched between franklin and his mother, sarah. the involvement of mrs. roosevelt in the political career of franklin roosevelt is right from the beginning. but she becomes much more active in her role after 1921, when franklin roosevelt contracted polio. she would encourage franklin roosevelt to continue with his political ambitions and she would join forces with political strategist. this was the room where their strategies were laid out. it was important because lewis

howell and mrs. roosevelt did not have a real close relationship until the polio came into the story. lewis howell was with franklin roosevelt since 1910, when he started his political career. itwould encourage franklin, in a sense against the wishes of franklin's mother, sarah. sarah felt as franklin contracted polio, thinking of the resources of the family, that franklin could very easily live his life out here at springwood in the role of the gentleman estate keeper. wouldoosevelt and howell encourage just the opposite and motivate franklin. louis howe would be a big influence because he would tutor mrs. roosevelt and her public speaking and teach her how to put emphasis on certain words, how to control her very interesting voice that sometimes went high-pitched.

soon, mrs. roosevelt would be comfortable with her public speaking and realize the power of that ability. some i think it was a self- serving of mrs. roosevelt, because when you think of the gentleman estate keeper, his wife would also be confined to the estate. roosevelt pursuing his political ambitions, mrs. roosevelt would enjoy a certain freedom. toring relative to our public speaking was very important because very shy eleanor roosevelt was a little intimidated by public speaking. she was suddenly realize she had the ability to conquer that fear through the tutoring and she would realize the power of public speaking. and in this case, the power was that a cap franklin roosevelt's image alive to the american public until he addresses the democratic convention in 1924. >> good evening, ladies and

gentlemen. i'm speaking to you tonight at a very serious moment in our history. the cabinet is convening and the leaders of congress are meeting with the president. and army department and navy officials have been with the president all afternoon. the japanese ambassador was talking to the president at the airships that japan's were bombing our citizens in hawaii and the philippines, sinking one of our transports loaded with lumber on its way to why you. by tomorrow morning, the members of congress will have a full report and be ready for action. in the meantime, we the people are already prepared for action. for months now, the knowledge that something of this kind might happen has been hanging over our heads. yet it seemed impossible to believe, impossible to drop the day things, and not

preparing to meet an enemy in a matter where he strikes. that is well over now. there is no more uncertainty. andnow what we have to face we know that we are ready to face it. woman growing up in missouri, first lady bess truman would often be paid a visit by her neighbors relative, harry truman. when my grandfather visited independence, 26 miles from where he lived at the time in grandview in 1910, he often stayed across the street at the nolan house, which is where his aunt and two cousins lived. one afternoon he was over there with his cousins, with the family, and his aunt brought a cake plate. madgey great-grandmother, wallace, had given her a cake. mrs. nolan had cleaned the cake plate and was asking if anybody would take it back over.

and my grandfather moved with what my mother once described as approaching the speed of light and grabbed the cake plate and moved over here, rang the front door in the hope, of course, that my grandmother would answer the door. and she did. and she invited him in, and that is the beginning of their formal courtship in 1910. they first met in sunday school, when my grandmother was five and my grandfather was six. they were baptists. i grandfather's family was baptists, but the first purpose but the firsth -- presbyterian church demonstrate had a good sunday school, and that is what my great- grandmother was interested in, a good sunday school. so she took grandpa over there one day to talk to the reverend. as she was talking, sunday school was in session. as she was talking to the reverend, my grandfather noticed this little girl sitting in sunday school class with what he described beautiful blue eyes and long golden curls. he sort of fell in love with her

right then and there. as far as i know, as far as anybody knows, never look at another woman. we are on the back or choke my grandparents home in independence, missouri. as is the way that we came in. this is weighed the family came -- this is the way the family came in, through the kitchen door. came into the kitchen. the first place iowa's head it was back here to the pantry. and i don't see the 10, but there was always a tin in here on one of the shelves of nice round tin filled with brownies. i was made sure that was in here before i went anywhere else in the house. once i made sure the brownies the next stopn, had to be my grandfather's study . because whenever you came into the house, he did not meet us at the airport when he got older, but when she came into the house, you had to stop here and say hi to grandpa.

this is where you found him most of the time as he was getting older and i was getting older. if i wanted to talk to grandpa, is where i looked because he was always reading. my grandmother and my mother sat in those chairs and often read in here with him. apparently my grandmother and mother always used to start fights where my grandfather would read down to the end of the page, mark is place with his finger, he and look up and tried to decide if the fight was escalating to the point where he had did get out of the room. if everything was ok, he would read down to the next page. sometimes he left, sometimes he stayed. this is the formal dining room. this is where we ate the evening meal every day. we had breakfast in the kitchen, a sandwich or something for lunch, but this is where we ate meals.mal dinner my grandmother sat at that end of the table is where she sat. closest to the kitchen, i think.

so if we go through here, in the center of the house, in the foyer, you'll notice that the biggest portrait in the house is , margaret late mother truman daniel. she was their only child, only conceived after my grandmother suffered two miscarriages. my grandmother was 39 when she was born, so she was very precious to my grandparents and a family very close as unit. my grandfather kind of spoiled her. i grandmother was more of the disciplinarian. the three of them were very, very tight as a family. because she was their only child. this way,go through we are in the living room. this chair is where my grandmother later in her life, this is where she did her reading. after my grandfather passed away, this is often where my grandmother sat. she read a murder mysteries.

she loved murder mysteries. she had stacks of them on either side of the chair. she would have a stack on the side, that she had not read yet, and she had an outstanding. it would be donated or put on the shelf after she read them, but this is where she spent a lot of her time. she gave a lot of those cast-off murder mysteries to my mother, who do the same thing, reading with stacks on either side of the chair, and mom, of course, eventually became a mystery writer. this painting was originally painted as my grandmother's official white house portrait. johnson960s, lady bird went looking for portraits of first ladies to hang, re-hang in the white house. she thought that was important. she looked high and low and cannot find my grandmother's official portrait. so she called my grandmother and said, mrs. truman, do you know where the painting is, what can i find it. the grandmother said, yeah, it's on my wall. mrs. johnson said, you really should not have that, it belongs in the white house.

my grandmother said, no, that is my painting, it is on my wall, and that is where it is going to stay. i think mrs. johnson tried a couple of more times but eventually gave up. there were two copies made by the artists. one of them hangs in the truman library down the road, the other is in the white house, but those are the copies. as is the original portrait. first lady mamie eisenhower's sense of style got her noticed by the fashion world. with one of worked her favorite designers for her suits and they wear outfits. this is the outfit that she wore to the formal opening of the saint lawrence seaway, where she -- ike met prince elizabeth princess elizabeth and prince philip. this is a printed cotton fabric with many of the houses the eisenhowers lived in during their marriage. it also includes the five-star

symbol. these are a few examples of mamie's day dresses. she was very fond of the color pink. are of the dresses sleeveless. she'll we set her arms were ike's favorite feature, so she chose to show them off. his is a handmade rest that budget.r attention to this has an exceptionally long ham that she would raise and lower. jackie kennedy is well known for the little like dress. here are two examples of mamie's little black dress. mamie always said that she would never dress like a little old lady. these gowns show her love of bright colors and wild fabrics. like any high-fashion lady of the day, she loved hats. this is a small sampling of some in the collection. one of her favorite is honors with sally victor. no one outfit is complete without a fabulous pair of

shoes. nobody knew that better than mamie. her love of fashion to not begin in the white house. this dress and undergarment from the mid-1920s shows her love of fashion. she was about 30 years old, too old to be considered a flapper, but still stylish for the day. let's look at some of the exhibits that focus on her style. mamie is well-known for her trademark hairstyle. you could even purchase fake bangs to put into your hair at all of the drugstores in the 1950s. she would regularly go to the elizabeth arden salons. elizabeth arden had one of her hair stylist create the drawing so that she could take them with her so she had to go to another stylist, her hair would always be perfect. in a poor who grew up family of all sons, she was from a well-to-do family of all daughters. she attended a finishing school and we have her report card from

the school in denver, colorado. english, got a b in she actually got a c-minus in european history and a c in french. who knew that in later years as a military wife and future first lady that she would be so well traveled and have so much to do with european history? we actually have a special passport issued to mamie. in 1945. this is when she could go join was theand ike when he first military commander of the u.s. occupied germany at the end of world war ii. while in germany, she actually purchased this sterling silver pin. mamie renewed her passport one more time a few years later to travel with ike.

we have her inoculation card. this is from 1951, when he was commander of the naval forces, stationed in france. mamie loved charms. early on, ike bought her this west point football charm showing the army and navy game scores in 1913 and 1914 when ike was coach of the army football team. this calvary-themed sterling silver pendant was purchased by ike for mamie when he was stationed in the philippines working for general macarthur. mamie could not always travel with ike, but she was often on his mind. these bangles were purchased in north africa in 1943 during operation torch in the invasion of north africa during world war ii. her military, connections continued. as she christened the uss nautilus in 1954, the nautilus was the first nuclear-powered naval vessel and the silver

sleeve of the champagne bottle that she smashed against the hull. as a military wife, she took great pride in creating a home in each of the 36 places they lived during their marriage. was young girl, mamie diagnosed with a heart conditions. in later years, she was ordered to stay in bed three days a week. that was a little much for her, so she compromised and stayed in bed every day until noon. she was a busy lady. she would get up in the morning, do her hair, put on her makeup, ben wear a lovely bed jacket and lay back in bed. while wearing the bed jackets, she would often meet with her secretary to plan the day. as first lady, she ran the white house with military precision. her schedules were often blocked out in five minute permits per day. we have schedules from every year that mamie was first lady. not onlyhedule, we see

did she have a diplomatic dinner, but the next morning she was cutting the ribbon at the national presbyterian church czar. bazaar.h some of the things that she would discuss with her social secretary were of a personal nature. shopping for christmas gifts for their grandchildren and notes to buy granddaughter,er susan. she was always good with figures and would keep notes say she would not go over budget. >> having a keen sense of fashion, jacqueline kennedy was admired for her clothing ensembles. >> mrs. kennedy is known as a style icon. the first ensemble that she wore as first lady, of course, was on inauguration day. sh color dress and legt designed by only c

cassini. the only thing that she wore to ensemble was aom beautiful ruby brooch by tiffany that jfk gave her to celebrate john junior,h of right after the swearing in. and of course most famously finishing the ensemble was the poll box hat. she wore that on the back of her head so her face could be seen. that actually set a fashion trend. whereas the hat would normally be worn on the top of the head, she had a pushed back to sort of free her face. storaged here at its boxes perhaps one of mrs. kennedy's best-known dresses, the breast that she wore during her televised tour of the white

house in february 1962. visitors to arm easy them when we have this dress on exhibit are quite surprised to realize it is red, because of course the program was filmed in black-and- white and broadcast in black and white. but i like to surmise that she chose red for that program, knowing it would be televised on valentine's day 1962. let's go into the museum and look at other examples of jacqueline kennedy's clothing we have on display. mrs. kennedy put an awful lot of thought into her wardrobe when she was representing the country, both at the white house and while traveling abroad. she would think about what colors would mean something to the country i'm about to visit. so for her visit to canada in 1961, actually the first state visit the kennedys made as president and first lady lady, she chose this red suit ip or by pierre ip ai

cardin, also knowing that she would be greeted by the canadian royal mounted police. here we have a green coat and hat worn by the first lady lady for her arrival in bogotá colombia in december 1961. the president and first lady traveled through south america on that visit, greeted by ,undreds of thousands of people overwhelming response. particularly when mrs. kennedy would address the crowds in spanish. i really admire the thought that mrs. kennedy put into her wardrobe. she would think about the event she was attending or the country she was visiting. was there a style or particular color that she could wear that would mean something to her hosts, and she also knew the advantage of choosing a color or style that would make her stand out in a crowd. her oral history, mrs. kennedy speaks at greatly about president kennedy's love of reading, love of history, his

belief in the power of words. and that is something, that is a believe they both shared. what i like about this story here is it shows -- it is an example of that believe in the power of words. it's a great example of the collaboration between husband and wife. this is very early in his presidential campaign, late 1959. in those early days, mrs. kennedy traveled with him on the campaign trail as much as possible. this is a reading copy of a speech he presented in ofhington state in june 1959. mrs. kennedy was with him at that dinner. president kennedy obviously had a speech writer, but he would often rewrite and edit his speeches up until the moment he was about to deliver it. at this particular dinner, as he was waiting to speak, he wanted to close his speech with some verses from "ulysses." mrs. actually asked

kennedy, give me the last lines from "ulysses." and the following in her h is the rest of the poll him which she knew from memory -- is whichst of the poll em she knew from memory, giving him the words. lovea young age, jacquelyn to write. she would often create poems as gifts to her parents. on christmas and birth a's come she would write a poll him and illustrated. we have some early examples when she was about 10 years old. while at school in connecticut where she went to high school, she wrote a really wonderful essay called "be kind and do your share." " be kind and do your share, that is all there is to it." and she goes on about helping others in life is so important and how it is easy to just say a kind word to somebody, all the

difference it can make to that person. this scrapbook is called "one special summer." after graduating from school, her mother ands, stepfather, sent jackie and her sister on summer through europe. as a token of appreciation for that gift, they collaborated together on this scrap oak to give to their parents -- on this scrapbook to give to the parents to let them know about their inventors. it is a combination of snapshots they took, and written descriptions of the different places they visited, the people they met. these really wonderful, whimsical sketches done by jackie. in the fall of 1950, jacqueline gue" writing contest. here we have her hand written application as a student from george washington university. she won the contest.

her winning essays, one was a self-portrait where i think she wonderfully describes herself as tall, 5'7", with brown hair, square face and eyes so unfortunately far apart that it takes three weeks to have a pair of glasses made with a bridge wide enough to fit over my nose. as an example, i think of her love of writing, the power of , she is asked in question three of the essay, who are three people in history that you wish you would have known? the first two that she mentions are charles baudelaire, the french poet, and oscar wilde, the author, in edition to a russian ballet impresario. in the early 1950s, jacqueline camera was hired as the girl for "the camera girl for "washington times" harold. on display at the camera that she used as she went through the streets of washington, interviewing people, asking

questions, creating columns. have on display is prophetic because she is interviewing vice president nixon and senator john f. kennedy, who of course would be adversaries in the 1960 presidential campaign. i think all of these examples of her early writings -- and she did right through her life -- but a think if her life had been may be somewhat different, she would have been a writer of some kind may be professionally. as we know when her later life, the last part of her life she was a very prolific editor of in new york city on books of several different topics. lady lady bird johnson enjoyed the time she and the president could spend at their ranch resting and relaxing. >> the living room is the oldest room in the house, dating back to the 1890s. she would refer to this as our heart home. have a few things that speak to her connection to the room. one of the things that she

wanted to highlight was the native american heritage in the hill country. have a small collection of arrowheads. mrs. johnson actually had her daughters, linda and lucy, look for arrowheads, and mrs. johnson would pay them one dollar each for each arrowhead. linda was doing quite a bit better collecting them, and it turns out she was paying her schoolmates $.50 per arrowhead, then collecting a dollar from her mother. she had a knife or copper and collected -- she had an eye for copper and collected various items. one of the things that draws attention, three television sets. majort time, the three networks would all show the news at the same time. the president would turn down the volume on the television set he did not want to watch. mrs. johnson's favorite program was "gunsmoke" and she routinely altered their schedule so she could catch an episode of her favorite western. shortly after lyndon johnson

became president, the ranch was called the texas white house and life at the ranch revolved around the home. the johnson's return home 74 times during his five years as president. mrs. johnson as first lady love to show off the texas hill country and her home. guests would often informally gather in the den and various heads of state came to visit. mexico, thet of west german chancellor and the israeli chancellor to name a few. they would visit with the johnsons right here in the den. the dining room was a special place for lady bird johnson, where she entertained, she picked out the wallpaper depicting a country seen very similar to the hill country. very similar to what she would have seen out of her picture window that she had installed at her request. this is johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968 that was filmed, where she featured the china uc purchased here in mexico. the president would sit down at

this end of the table, where we have the cowhide chair. typical mrs. johnson at the other end of the table. one feature that you will notice next to the president, a telephone. president johnson loved working the telephones, and in the middle of a meal could take a call or answer a call. mrs. johnson was not necessarily happy with that but she got used to it because lyndon johnson was such a workaholic. as first lady she spent a lot of time at the ranch. it is very important because it was a respite from all of the turmoil of washington, in thelarly later presidency where they could recharge and make the connection back with the land and this place they valued so much. this is mrs. johnson's private bedroom. it was part of the 1960 seven remodeling. she specified to the designers she wanted this to be her forever room. she specified certain elements that she wanted, a fireplace, east facing windows, and a large

bookcase to display so many mementos and keepsake she gathered through the years, the birds, the china, and also cameras. lyndon johnson gave mrs. johnson a camera for her wedding gift. she became quite the furtive journalist. she had an eight millimeter .amera to capture home movies we have hours and hours, as well as the recorder where mrs. johnson every night at the white house would record her daily observations. this became the basis for the she love to sit here at this desk to keep up with her correspondence and her activities as first lady. closet with her clothing withe the boots and hats, a lot of her colorful outfits, her shoes.

.ne of my favorites and she was known as a special lady. lady bird johnson would often be a tour guide. she was very impressed that she wanted to see how the truman stories would be interpreted. >> we are at the private office at the lbj library. a typical day would begin with her coming in around 9:00.

she would be carrying a bag in each hand filled with some things she had taken home for signing or speechwriting, whatever she was working on. handad a satchel in each like saddlebags. her desk was always very orderly. she kept file c was working on. she would keep large envelopes so she could pick them up, work dataem, and ask she were -- as she worked on her desk

when she completed them she would at them on the floor. she loved this office because it to the capital and the city she loved so much. she would stay here all day pretty much monday through friday. when they were having guests at the ranch she would sometimes go out a few days early and stay in and checkdesk rooms on the electricity to make sure everything was working. store she to the that pick up magazines were guest specific for whoever was coming there for the weekend. she was very thoughtful and very gracious. staff at theoffice time.

person who came to the white house as a press secretary to work on speeches, and then i was in the office. that chair was usually occupied as wegood part of the day rotated the project she was working on. by friday afternoon she was ready to go to the ranch. at about 3:30 in the afternoon she would say, do i have anything else to do? she would be ready to go. she would take off and had to i wasnch for the weekend. so fortunate to be here and learned so much from her and the way she did things and the way she entertained. i like the way she entertained. i think that's one reason we did so well together. i love her sense of making people feel at home. it. >> so good at

growing up in a small farm in california, first lady pat nixon learned the values from an early age. timee spent a lot of working at the farm. there is an account of 1941. she cap the books. she was 19 years old when this was happening, and she talks agot how it was a year january, so this shows you how difficult it was to make a g.ving she barely made and me. she took on a lot of jobs. she was a personal shopper. she became a model, and she got

on the lease for paramount in films.be an extra job, she hadjob to a thing from 1935. in the see her dancing film, but her speaking role was ut out. this shows her name and the restrictions one had to go through. eventually she had enough money obtain her degree. she became a teacher. >> mrs. nixon is one of the most widely traveled first ladies in our countries history. this was her diplomatic passport during her time of first lady. the passport is full of stamps relating to the different

.ations they visited wanted to go out into the field and see people. she wanted to see what she could do to help. these tags were used on her second to last trip as first lady. this was the first time a president and first lady had ever been to israel. mrs. nixon'sre on personal luggage. let's see some of the things during her travels for first -- as first lady. >> we have a lot of samples of gift given to her.

this is something given to her from the belgian kingdom. out of rubies and diamonds. nixon bygiven to mrs. the prime minister of italy back in 1970. during her historic trip to china, her historic -- her extensive travels took her to the beijing zoo, then known as the peking zoo. she learned about the pandas. and she noticed how she was looking at the packages, and he

said, i understand you also admire the pandas at the zoo. she said, aren't they darling. he said, we will make sure you homesome pandas to go with. there were two of them. one of them was transported in this great. he obviously said, but her on. important to support her husband just by being there. they would always say what a did. and job pat nixon >> this is a special place. >> her casket was placed right up here.

the nixon family sat right here and on the other side presidents reagan and ford. a special place, in particular because mrs. nixon was instrumental for the grand opening of the nixon library. she loved her roses. this is the pat nixon rose, and developed by a french designer. road ise only continuing to grow off the white house. place, the final resting only steps away from the humble farmhouse. story behindief

the epitaph, which she chose herself. it dates back to the trip to 1970.he took in she wanted to meet the people affected by this devastating earthquake. she wanted to find out what she could do to help. she replied even when people cannot speak your language they can tell if you have love in your heart. >> first they be betty ford wanted to -- a betty ford wanted to elevate fashion design in america. >> she wanted to promote american fashion.

this was a gown she wore to her first head of state even. it was designed by a lady named frankie welsch who had a boutique in alexandria, virginia. wore for her official portrait as first lady. dress some people might recognize. gown for ais andrait taken of the family featured on the cover of time likedne, but she also practical design as well. a fellow from new york designed a number of dresses and gowns for her, very practical,

inexpensive, but for her very functional. outfits toear these arrival ceremonies for dignitaries but also to the hairdresser, to church, on trips, campaign event. they were the ones she could get most comfortable in. this was a piece she wore for a 60 minutes interview. she fielded many questions. know a lot of this because one of the things mrs. ford was very careful about was she cap what we call secretaries cards for each of these dresses. they would be no notations made on where she wore them, when she wore them, and you could see for many of them she wore them multiple times. the month this is in the handwriting of her secretary.

some of them is in her handwriting. many of these extend into her post first lady time. she would wear these until the early 1980's. her love for design, her promotion of american fashion led to her receiving the prestigious parsons school of esign award. this is the accolade she received for her promotion of in fact these einar us -- designers in fashion. betty ford, then betty bloomer, knew she wanted to do something with it. fascinated. she went to different camps. this was her trunk she would where she putsin,

on skits and plays, danced with and that led to vermont, where she studied at the school of dance. these are some of her notecards where she kept notes, so each of these is dedicated to a different subject. you would find names of her tookers and the notes she about the different things she was studying, much of it about choreography. some of them have dance figures she has drawn with diagrams that how the stage is supposed to be organized. material includes her and she collected music and collected popular tunes from the time, and these

are some of the records he would find in her record album. i'm a big girl now. cap by aero. she shared her dorm room with a tober of girls, so she had leave notes. mrs. ford was an organized person. back in thehese same folder. thank you. it is very important. this is her organizer. she carried this with her to york, where to new she worked for the powers toeling agency, then back grand rapids again, so in it you would find a host of things you would find in just about any organizer. names of different dance troops

and telephone numbers, dance , and heron notes class. brochures, dance costumes. a costume for one of the dance routines she wanted to put on. notes shehoreography wanted to make for the dance routine. talks about her love of dance and how deeply she was involved in her early years. vice president ford was sworn in of the unitedent states. this was the dress mrs. ford was during swearing-in. she was less than excited about the coming first lady. she resolved, if i'm going to have to do this, i'm going to

have fun doing it. the fun started almost immediately. she had a state dinner, and it was something she had to prepare for. she hit the ground running. she had a number of , because president ford's administration overlapped the bicentennial. some of the other events were held during that year. this one is for the may 17, 1976 , but there were a number of notable people who came to themhite house, and among this was a letter received from japan in appreciation for in 1975.im

the first time the emperor had ever left japan. here are some of the invitations and dinner invitations from the biggest event, and that is when we hosted queen elizabeth in july of 1976. this was a gift the queen of england presented to mrs. ford. it is a gilded soup terrine. on its face is a hand-painted image of the white house, and it was the official gift of great britain to the united states celebrating the 200th anniversary of the united states , and she wrote a nice letter thanking them for their hospitality and for the friendship they extended to the

queen and the people of england. in this letter, the queen writes, it was the greatest pleasure for us to be able to join in. we send good wishes to you and mrs. ford. your friend, elizabeth. >> born and raised in a small roslynn town, first lady carter also raised her family there and helped run the family business. >> not much has changed here except the president and mrs. carter grew up here. here, and put a dirt road, it would be very similar. thistory begins here at house. she lived here with her mom and dad, two brothers, and a sister. one of her favorite memories was when her dad would come home from work, go into the kitchen,

and meet her mother, give her a big hug, swing her around. she lost her father at a young age. helped take care of throughout his illness. she was a trained nurse, and on the night of his passing, i took young rosalynn smith to jimmy carter's farm. farm, and itoyhood because they smell to a lot of time with president carter's sister. out this is where they would hang out together, play games, do homework.

visitingrosa was out president carter's sister, they had many interactions. this is the high school where rosa and timmy carter would have attended. her first memory of going to school here, she made straight a's. they were so proud of her. her dad gave her a dollar for her accomplishments. later on a local businessman had a contest for the student who had the best grade point average throughout the entire year. that he would give them five dollars. in the 1920's and 1930's, that was quite a lot of money.

after that she won the five dollars from a local businessman. one activity rosa was engaged in was basketball. she was so excited when she made the basketball team. a picture in her uniform. i think it is a very good accomplishment. is planes methodist church. this is where president carter asked her on a date for the first time, and it is also where they got married. it is a special place. this is the train depot, the oldest loathing here, and in 1976 this was the logical choice for a local campaign headquarters for president carter. imagine, the hustle and bustle of all the activity phonescampaign, you had

and letters coming in and out, and mrs. rosa was here helping the campaign. the whole family would have had a part to play in the campaign. amy, andhis daughter of course his mother and ms. 's mother.-- rosalyn they would greet people. this is where rosalynn carter helped organize the peanut this was basically a way to get the word out about jimmy carter using volunteers going door to door and spreading the word. it was a method so effective it helped him get elected.

>> they covered my mental health at first, and then they never showed up anymore. one of the things i wanted to do was bring attention to the issue and how terrible it was and how , butervices there were just getting it out to the public. that's what i did in georgia. they just didn't come. i met this woman who was one of the press people, and i said no one ever covers my meetings. she would say, it is not a sexy issue. i neveridn't mind, but

did get much coverage for it, but we toured the country and develop legislation and past the mental health systems act of 1980. it passed through congress one month before jimmy was involuntarily retired from the white house. >> thursday our encore presentation of first ladies continues with the life of betty ford. shortly after becoming first lady she had a mastectomy and release details about her surgery, bringing public awareness to breast cancer. she spoke openly about premarital sex. later she shared her experience with alcohol and prescription

drug addiction, which led to the creation of the betty ford center. our series returns live this month with five of the most recent first ladies from nancy reagan to michelle obama, monday live at nine eastern, and along with the white house's story: association, we are offering a special edition of the book. it includes biographies and a portrait of each lady. now available for $12.95 less seriesg, then visit our website with a special section which chronicles life in the executive mansion at c-span.org /first ladies.

>> we are in the gallery of the light catcher building at the museum. alpine anding at polar landscapes in art from 1775 until 2012. the purpose of the exhibition is to highlight the rich cultural heritage of the planets frozen frontier, the alpine region, the art it, and antarctica. this is a photograph by a german artist dating from 2000 and eight, and it is exhibited side- 2008, and it is exhibited side-by-side with a photograph, also of east greenland. it is from her last iceberg series of 2006. many people understand the importance of ice for the planet, the reflective qualities

that help regulate the climate, but many people are unaware there is a collective consciousness and western culture about these regions, so it is important within the context of climate change to let people know that these regions are fundamental to our i entity -- to our identity. >> there is more as we look at in history and literary life washington. next, the oral argument in the case challenging california's mandatory collection of dna samples from individuals arrested on a felony. then our first ladies series looks at 20th century first the national that black caucus of state legislators examine civil rights issues.

on the next "washington journal for look at the changes immigration policy. our guest is alan gomez. then chris eggleston discusses his new >> "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> up next the oral argument in askell versus harris about mandatory d.n.a. collection of individuals arrested on suspicion of a felony. this is just over an hour.