why is that letter significant in understanding abigail adams? ith gelles: the letter does many things. she -- -- my sense of abigail is that she wrote at night and she would enter a kind of reverie in which she just followed her thought pattern wherever it went. and so she changes topics in her letters very many times. and so it starts out with a political statement about why these southerners can favor slavery and still be are doing a rebellion against a tyranny. susan swain: and she questions that? edith gelles: and she questions that. and then she moves on and in the middle of a paragraph makes this "remember the ladies" statement. then it goes on still further to suggest that if john didn't like this idea -- actually, it was a remarkable thing because he was actually in a position to do something, to make a change because he was on the committee that was drafting the declaration of independence. so that he actually could have made a move for women's rights at that time and it's remarkable that she did suggest that. susan swain: can you give u

so, in bringing this full circle, for people who have been introduced to abigail adams tonight, what's the important thing to know about her? what was her impact or influence on american history? edith gelles: she was influential and particularly as

now, abigail adams on first ladies.is about 90 minutes. >> ♪ [piano] >> abigail would grow to be the equal of john adams as confidante and dearest friend. she has really revealed herself as, yes, an 18th century woman

old john adams took to her. abigailever really did, but john did. >> she was born in england and educated in france and she remained a phone personality to many of the adams, but not to henry as a world traveler herself. she was very well educated, very sophisticated socially i would say. she sort of entertained john quincy's road to the white house. >> she was not happy about returning to washington as the wife of a congressman. >> louisa catherine adams essentially became the campaign manager for her husband, john quincy adams' run for the presidency in 1824 by dominating the capital city's social circuit. following a contested election the adams' four years in the white house were a turbulent period in american politics and washington society. we'll look at louisa adams' relationship with her husband john quincy adams and john and abigail on the road to 1600 pennsylvania avenue. good evening and welcome to our continuing series on first ladies influence and image in partnership with the white house historical associa

louisa catherine had a challenge in winning over abigail adams. john adams was easy. er right away and she always felt very comfortable with him and very well liked by him. abigail was more skeptical perhaps due to john quincy's teasing. he only gave abigail a little bit of information about louisa catherine and wasn't forthright in his intentions. it was in many ways a surprise that he married louisa catherine so quickly and abigail did not get a chance to know her. she was quite concerned that although she was an american citizen, she had never stepped foot on american soil. this was not what she intended for her son john quincy adams, the statesmen, but through time she learned to grow and love and understand louisa catherine and through the years they forged a very strong and loving relationship. louisa catherine describing abigail adams at the end of her life as "the planet around which all revolved". louisa catherine and john quincy, unlike john adams, did not live at peacefield year round. in fact, they would return only during the summer months to get a relief

and abigail adams. very strongly.nd i think that the story would not have come out the way it did, had it not been for her. i think one of the joys of the work i do is to give credit where credit is long overdue. charlie: and find unrecognized characters. david: we need lessons in appreciation and so many of these people we just hear about them in school, history courses for about 10 minutes and we move on. the wright brothers were the clever mechanics, the mechanics and they invented the airplane. that's hardly a fraction of the story. the idea they had tremendous interest in art and architecture and photography. there was no -- they were fully alive intellectually, mentally but they also had this driving sense of purpose that i feel is essential to high achievement on that scale, on that level. charlie: what was that? david: purpose. charlie: i do, too. david: they were not trying to make a lot of money or achieve fame. they did not like the limelight. they avoided it. charlie: were they trying to change the world?

. >> this drawing room concept is exactly the kind of thing that martha washington and abigail adams had used. edi: yes. but it's very different from what they had done. theirs was extremely formal and dolley's was much more open. and so, you had everybody at dolley's drawing rooms able to have access to the chief executive and his lady and that's very important for forging a unity in the united states. and also, dolley creates -- she starts out as the wife of the secretary of state. but what she is doing is forging networks -- social networks -- on which politics and diplomacy can be conducted in a civilized manner through the ceremonial forms of dinners, receptions parties and so forth. so that some of these tensions and animosities that play themselves out in the hall of congress have a way of being resolved at parties in an amicable way. so she is -- she is really forging new networks that will work for both politics and society. >> and this concept you write about in several of your books and the subtitle of this is, "and the creation of the american mission." -- american nation

abigail adams, we saw last week thousands of letters over the course of her lifetime.t about dolley madison? what did she preserve and did she have a sense of her legacy? edith: i think she probably did have a sense of her legacy and she is writing to, i believe her sister, as the british are coming to burn the white house. and she is telling her sister what she's doing and what she's saving, so that, you know, there will be something to put in the history book. she wants it known that she is saving the state documents, the important pieces of silver, the portrait of george washington for which she is so famous. but she is writing literally as everything is being packed to be carted off to virginia to safety. so she is very aware of what she is doing, and she writes a number of letters to her family members. catherine: susan, i want to weigh in, because this questioner knows that, as historians, this is the heart of what we do. these are the primary sources. and for a long while, to find dolley's actual letters and what she wrote, it was really hard to do. but in the 1

the white house in which abigail adams hung her laundry and mary todd lincoln endured the horrors of the civil war and that is what this morning's program is all about. and it is just the beginning over the next over the next few months the library will stage theatrical performances recalling eleanor roosevelt, edith wilson, eisenhower and german. time magazine white house correspondent we will be here in august while helen thomas, dean of the white house press corps will share her own reflection on modern 1st ladies in september. all of this in keeping with my husband's desire for an institution that is lively and dynamic is america herself. fortunately, we have a director who shares our vision of a library that is more the library. his name his name is richard norton smith command he will be our moderators morning. i would also like to express my own thanks to richard for all that he has done since becoming director of the library. we have never been happier with the library than we are today command it is all due -- where are you richard? you, richard. [applause] and the team that

and it turns out in fact her daughter-in-law, abigail brooks adams who is married to charles francis adams who was there briefly in congress and in became a union ambassador to st. james and was very instrument and keeping the british from recognizing the confederacy. but while they were here in washington it was the infamous 36th congress which was the secession congress. she's driving home is these unbelievably frank letters to her son henry adams, and she says president buchanan that he is a heavy old toad and the senate behaved like children and silly ones at that. i mean we can get behind this. but again, my favorite, i would advise any young woman who wishes to have an easy cry at life not to marry and adams. so you know, i do whatever i did that the letters would be great but i still didn't know what the book was. so i started thinking about again, my own growing up here after world war ii and the ethics of the war were very physically present. the mall was covered with we call temporary buildings and that initially caught up in world war i and then more have been added in wor

abigail adams, elizabeth monroe and louisa catherine adams sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies." examining the public and private lives of the women who filled first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays on c-span3. each week, america history cap -- the american history tv takes you to museums and historic places. the travel to the national constitution center in philadelphia to learn about 42 bronze statues in signer's hall and to learn about the constitutional convention of 1787. prof rosen: i'm thrilled to welcome you to signer's hall. let me tell you about the national constitution center. and tell you about this room. the national constitution center is a very special place. it is the only institution in america that has a charter from congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a non-partisan basis. and that means that in these polarized times we are the only place in america that brings together all sides in the constitutional debates that tran

abigail adams had taken some hard hits from the press.eing referred to as meza and -- as madame presidents. that sort of thing had happened. this was the first time someone actually went out trying to find dirt found what they thought was dirt and publicized it widely. susan: who was the first one looking for dirt? pat: a man who hated jackson and wanted to see jackson go down. when he found out she had been divorced, he really despised her. he was rigorously fundamentalist. it was a moral issue for him. he really thought she would disgrace the white house. susan: how did john quincy adams play into this campaign? michael: adams, he didn't really -- what am i trying to say? pat: he didn't do it, but he didn't stop it. hammon was his party hack. he did not come down on him. he just sat back and said, oh my goodness. susan: we saw in the open, political cartoons. was this a new phenomenon? pat: yes. to call a lady that had been married for 36 years a whore adulterer, that was unprecedented. susan: what was the criticism against her? what in

is because they really hadn't been written with the exception of a couple good biographies of abigail adams, there really wasn't anything. since then to quite good books have come out. is that any better? thank you. so that is how i wrote founding mothers in the sequel ladies of liberty taking us through john quincy adams which is literally the next generation. there i was. i had done and i was happy with it. the publisher wanted a civil war book. never intended to write a civil war book. my relatives were on the losing side and they didn't fight and lost. 600,000 dead americans fighting each other, but they really did want to book so i started puzzling around about what it would need. whatever it would be i would love the letters because women's letters are fabulous. they are so much better. they really are. the men knew they were doing temp in extraordinary. and so they wrote with that in mind for their admitted and often pompous and focused and all that. the women just wrote letters. they were full of politics but they also talk about the economic situation who was having an all too ofte

the white house in which abigail adams hung her laundry and mary todd lincoln endured the horrors of the civil war and that is what this morning's program is all about. and it is just the beginning over the next over the next few months the library will stage theatrical performances recalling eleanor roosevelt, edith wilson, eisenhower and german. time magazine white house correspondent we will be here in august while helen thomas, dean of the white house press corps will share her own reflection on modern 1st ladies in september. all of this in keeping with my husband's desire for an institution that is lively and dynamic is america herself. fortunately, we have a director who shares our vision of a library that is more the library. his name his name is richard norton smith command he will be our moderators morning. i would also like to express my own thanks to richard for all that he has done since becoming director of the library. we have never been happier with the library than we are today command it is all due -- where are you richard? you, richard. [applause] and the team that

she had difficulty winning the approval of her mother-in-law, abigail adams.unday night at 8:00 p.m.. examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady. from martha washington duchenne mel -- martha washington to michelle obama. on c-span. >> air special mother's day presentation begins with the great-granddaughter of herbert and lou hoover and the daughter of gerald and betty ford. this is part of a discussion that took place in the ford presidential library. it is just under one hour. >> good evening everyone. thank you for being here. it is always a pleasure to be here. if what just happened back there in the last 10 minutes, this is going to be a lot of fun tonight. we are going to be talking about three enormously different and enormously important first ladies. enormously different and important first ladies that span a large part of this country's history in different times. we are proud too these three first family representatives here. this is a unique club. there are not a lot around and having them all here to

presidential campaign, yet had difficulty winning the approval of her mother-in-law former first lady abigail adams. elizabeth munro and louisa catherine adams -- sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "arts ladies: influence an image," examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of her's lady and their influence on the presidency, for martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> each week american history tv real america brings archival films that help to tell the story of the 20 century. ♪ >> throughout the world, throngs of people held -- held the war of the end in europe. it has been five years and more since hitler marched into poland years of suffering and death had been sacrificed. now the war against germany is one. -- won. a grateful nation gives thanks for victory. hundreds of thousands crowded to american churches to give thanks to god. ♪ >> president sherman announced the official surrender. >> this is a solemn but glorious hour. i wish that franklin d roosevelt had lived to

when you think of things that have gone on in the white house from abigail adams laundry in the eastern to marilyn and her pony in the stream, no one has figured out what to do in the eastern. as become a variety of things. at the time lucy was there, her mother found everybody who should cut that had been in the white house and brought them back to the white house. one of those people was eleanor roosevelt's daughter. amazon the dining room of the floor where we love to eat in our jammies. as she wandered around, she sat in her rascally fashion, i remember this room. i had my appendix out in this. [laughter] i used to think of that every night when we sat down for dinner. [laughter] the white house has absorbed the hospitality of all the families that have lived there. and you feel that hospitality not just as a visitor but when you actually go there to live. you leave some of yourself behind as well for those who come after. so it becomes a warmer and more hospital place -- hospitable place as every generation goes on. one thing that i did notice about the white house when i first got

abigail adams attended the theater that evening, and reported the next day that her head still ached from the thunderous applause. "hail the columbia," became a favorite new song. demanded by audiences everywhere. two days after the performance the first public printing appeared, with a small engraving of president adams pasted in the middle. in july of 1798, as the quasi-war against french privateers threatened to explode, george washington briefly returned to public service, when he was appointed commander-in-chief of the american forces. the enterprising publisher of the sheet music saw an opportunity for new sales. he didn't even have to reprint the music, since the engraving was glued to the top in the middle of the title. apparently encouraged by the sales, he repeated his formula by mounting the engraving on another patriotic song entitled "brother soldiers all hail." the glue pot must've been especially busy in 1799, just after the announcement of washington's death. carr composed "the dead march" and played for washington's funeral in 1799. he published the sheet music. it w

. >> she might not have been like abigail adams but she could write a nice letter and she had nice jewelry. she was not as frumpy as she was reputed to be. >> the only problem with it was they got famous. as he rose in politics, that was an ugly sore. she was called names. >> the campaign was so bitterly fought but that in faction went all out completely calling her a whore. they just used every piece of garbage they could find, and rachel was good garbage for them. >> she dreaded going to washington and made the statement, "i'd rather be a doorkeeper in the house of god then live in that palace.” well, she never did. before he left to go to washington, she died. >> in 1828, emily donelson rachel's niece was 21 years old and she became the white house hostess. >> emily was perfect. for all of the negatives washington had to say about andrew jackson, they loved emily. >> she received education in the fine arts of being a lady, how to sew, how to embroider, music, proper table manners, proper etiquette, and it was that kind of education that enabled her when rachel suddenly died to slide rig

it belongs to all of us, just as surely as the white house in which abigail adams did her laundry and mary todd lincoln indoor the hearts of these civil war. that's what this morning's program is all about. it's just the beginning. the next two months, the library will stage theatrical performances were calling eleanor roosevelt, edith wilson maybe eisenhower and beth truman. the time magazine spectrum correspondent will be here in august while helen thomas, dean of the white house press corps will share her reflections in september. also in keeping with my husband's desire for an institution as lively and dynamic as america herself fortunately we have a director who shares our vision of a library that is more than a library. his name is richard norton smith and he will be your moderator this morning. i would also like to express my own thanks to richard, for all that he has done in becoming director of the library. ronnie and i have never been happier with the library than we are today and it is all due to -- where are you, richard? you, richard. [laughter] [applause] nancy reagan: a

. >> abigail adams had taken some hard hits from the press. that sort of thing had happened. this was the first time someone actually went out trying to find what they thought was a search and publicize it widely. >> was the first one looking for dirt? >> a man who hated jackson and wanted to see jackson go down. when he thought out she had been the voice, he really despise her. he was rigorously fundamentalists. it was a moral issue for him. he really thought she would disgrace the white house. >> he did not do it, but he did not stop it. hammon was his party hack. he did not come down on him. he just sat back and said, oh my goodness. >> we saw in the open, political cartoons. was this a new phenomenon? >> yes. to call a lady that had been married for 36 years a bigamous or an adulterous was unprecedented. -- bigamist or an adultorer -- adulterer was unprecedented. >> what was she accused of? >> was accused of being married before. and she was. she was married to a man who treated her and her family very badly. her whole family hated him. out west, they did not believe you

presidential campaign yet had difficulty winning the approval of her mother-in-law, former first lady abigail adams. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image, examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency," from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, a look at the role of the u.s. supreme court during reconstruction. university of maryland history professor michael rosler to is on the tensions between president andrew johnson and the republican-dominated congress on how hate groups such as the ku klux klan used the 14th amendment to promote white supremacy. the speech is one in a series of four on reconstruction hosted by the supreme court historical society. it was in the supreme court chamber, and he is introduced by supreme court justice anthony kennedy. this is just under an hour. [applause]

as jim told you, what i want to start with is a quote from abigail adams. when she sent john off to the continental congress she sent him with an exhortation, john tour remember the ladies. tonight we're going to do that socs she should be happy. the lives of these first ladies are often forgotten and they shouldn't be because they're very interesting. they made an enormous contribution to our history. what we had to do with the series was personalize their history and what we will do tonight is to tell you some of those stories along with wonderful video from and film from the national archives collection and some of their historic photographs and clips from our own series of we hope we will inform you entertain you and along the way inspire you to ask questions because there 30 minutes set aside at the end for your involvement in things you are interested in. our goals tonight are to learn about first lady's contributions to the presidency and since we are embarking on a new presidential campaign can you believe it is time for that already? we are already

as jim told you, what i wanted to start with was a quote from abigail adams when she sent john off to continental congress. she sent him withan exhortation john remember the ladies. and tonight we're going to do that for abigail. so she should be happy. because the lives of these features lid yas are often forgotten and shouldn't be because they're interesting and also made an enormous contribution to our history. what we tried to die is permanentize theirs history and what wearing going to try to do tonight is tell how some somes along with wonderful video and film from national archives collection and also some of their historic photographs and also the clips from our own series. so we hope we'll inform you and entertain you and along the way inspire you to ask questions because there's 30 minutes set aside at the end for your involvement in things that you are interested in. our goals for learn that first lateys contributions to the presidency and since we're our embarking on a new presidential campaign we are already looking at the spouses of the candidates and i say spouses inste

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presidential campaign, yet had difficulty winning the approval of her mother-in-law, former first lady abigail adams. elizabeth monroe and lieuouisa cad adams. from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> last month the president and chairman of the export/import bank spoke to the group's conference outlining success stories of u.s. businesses getting loans from the bank, and indirectly urged for the reauthorization of the agency. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said he opposes reauthorizing the export/import bank but will allow a senate vote. the bank's charter expires june 30th. >>> good morning. welcome once again to the 2015 export/import bank annual conference. april 23rd, 1910, exactly 105 years ago. teddy roosevelt traveled to paris to deliver a message to the world about the character of the american people. roosevelt had just finished his presidency, and he had been invited to reflect on his time in office and speak about citizenship. they wanted to hear from him what he thought set americans apart, and he delivered

when you think of things that have gone on in the white house from abigail adams laundry in the eastoom to caroline and her pony in the east room, no one has figured out what to do in the east room. as become a variety of things. at the time lucy was there, her mother found everybody who should cut that had been in the white house and brought them back to the white house. one of those people was eleanor roosevelt's daughter. the dining room of the floor where we love to eat in our jammies. as she wandered around, she sed in her rascally fashion, i remember this room. i had my appendix out in this room. [laughter] i used to think of that every night when we sat down for dinner. [laughter] the white house has absorbed the hospitality of all the families that have lived there. and you feel that hospitality, not just as a visitor but when you actually go there to live. you leave some of yourself behind as well for those who come after. so it becomes a warmer and more hospitable place as every generation goes on. one thing that i did notice about the white house when i first got there was

presidential campaign and yet had difficulty winning the approval of her mother-in-law, former first lady abigail adamssunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image -- examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays >> the author of the new book "clinton cash." got been told story of how boring the government as his made hillary and bill clinton rich. a conversation ran about 45 minutes. >> on page 183 of your book, you write that the clintons, perhaps are the most politically sophisticated public tickets of their generation. they know how things work in the corridors of power and around the world. they know that foreign governments are trying to influence american foreign-policy and they know that bribery is rampant around the world. they have numerous avenues for making money. some of those avenues might not be as lucrative as giving eight $700,000 speech in nigeria, that they would be much cleaner. guest: one of the defenses

abigail adams, elizabeth monroe and louisa catherine adams sunday night at 8:00 p.m.'s original series "first ladies." examining the public and private lives of the women who filled first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays on c-span3. each week, america history cap -- the american history tv takes you to museums and historic places. the travel to the national constitution center in philadelphia to learn about 42 bronze statues in signer's hall and to learn about the

former first lady, abigail adams. eth monroe and louisa catherine adams sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's original series, "first ladies." examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first ladies and their influence on the presidency. sundays at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and now a look at the physical health of the state -- fiscal health of the states falling the 2008 recession. cheryl hill late. she is with the u.s. census bureau. she is a state finance and tax statistics branch chief. also joining us is tracy gordon of the workings tax policy -- brookings tax policy center. thank you for both being here. tracy, let's begin with you. are the state fiscally healthy? guest: they are doing a lot better than they were five years ago. revenues have been increasing for about six quarters, give or take a couple of quarters where estimates are not come out and the because of actions by the federal government and uncertaint

former first lady abigail adams, elizabeth monroe, and louisa catherine adams.day night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image. examining the private lives of women who filled the position of first ladies and influence on the presidency." sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history to be on c-span3. >> on c-span's "q&a," former bloomberg news reported kate anderson blatt -- kate anderson bauer on the world of the white house through the eyes of the people who work there. from the kennedys to the obama's. >> who are the thick lens? >> an incredible family who worked at the white house. i interviewed james jeffrey, the only part-time butler who i got to interview. he might be there right now. he works every week at the white house. nine members of his family worked there. his uncles john and charles. they were the head butlers. he told me that his uncles ran the white house. they brought him in when he was 17 years old in 1959 during the eisenhower administration. he is still working there and he describes having t

abigail adam, elizabeth monroe, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern.ning the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first ladies from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. host: our conversation is continuing this morning about the criminal justice system pair we are joined now by jake horowitz, the director of the public safety performance project here to talk about juvenile incarceration. thank you very much for being here. where are the trends of juvenile incarceration? what is going on? guest: the rate at which juveniles are put behind bars and the risk of violent crimes is cut in half. we hear a lot of negative stories out there about how things are getting worse. some good news in juvenile justice where we have less crime and less incarceration, a win-win. host: why? what is happening that you are seeing this less incarceration? guest: a lot of trends. the first is the research. $200,000 per youth per year to lock up an individual. what we see is a return on that spending is quite

presidential campaign yet have difficulty winning the approval of her mother-in-law before first lady abigail adams. sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span a original series first lady's influence and image examining the public and private lives of the women that post the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama 8 p.m. on c-span three. >>> a discussion on driverless cars we take you to the brookings institution in washington where the deputy assistant secretary for science, space and health jonathan margolis joins in the discussion about how the u.s. and germany are shaping research development and regulation of the driverless vehicles. live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone. the u.s. department of state and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the discussion on bringing driverless cars from research to international market and introduce you to the the deputy assistant secretary of state for science space and health, doctor jonathan margolis. as a member of the service doctor margolis oversees

former first lady abigail adams. was in monroe sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span original series 1st ladies. influence an image examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of 1st lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. . before the senate appropriations attorney this runs one hour and 40 minutes. >>> the committee will come to order. welcome, today's commerce, justice and science the science subcommittee hearing examining the department of justice fiscal year >> examining the department of justice fiscal year 2016 budget request attorney general loretta lynch to the first hearing before the subcommittee as she assumes the important responsibility of serving as the nation's chief law-enforcement officer. welcome. as you begin your two-year term as attorney general i believe it is critical for you to return the office of attorney general to its constitutional purpose which is to enforce the law of the land. the president is arguing for the poin

adams family. i guess you could say the same thing about abigail, right? it's different and unusual. i have self awareness to know it's kind of strange. on the other hand, if i go beyond the consideration i'll count on the good wisdom and directness of my mom to help make communicate with people. she's pretty good at that. internally in the family for sure and also externally from time to time. i tell people whenever i start this -- which i've done before i've been tooting my own horn as governor. every time i start i feel this presence of behind my back and it's the looming -- you don't see it back there, right, this looming presence of my mother saying don't brag, it's not about you. i'm almost feeling like she's about ready to do what that woman did in baltimore when she tried to get -- >> i thought w. got that treatment. jeb bush: we all did. i think my mom and the woman who was bringing her child back home have a lot in common which ied a hire her a lot for doing what she did. that was a nice visual symbol of what needs to be restored. >> among current u.s. court justices who is

adams family. i guess you could say the same thing about abigail, right? i cannot answer that question.t's different and unusual. i have enough self-awareness to know it's kind of strange. on the other hand, if i go beyond the consideration, i'll count on the good wisdom and directness of my mom to help me communicate with people. she's pretty good at that. internally in the family for sure and also externally from time to time. i tell people whenever i start this -- which i've done before i've been tooting my own horn as governor. because no one else is going to toot it. every time i start i feel this presence of behind my back and it's the looming -- you don't see it back there, right? -- this looming presence of my mother saying don't brag, it's not about you. i'm almost feeling like she's about ready to do what that woman did in baltimore when she tried to get -- mr. lowry: i thought w got that treatment. mr. bush: we all did. i think my mom and the woman who was bringing her child back home have a lot in common which i admire her a lot for doing what she did. that was a nice visual

adams family. you can say the same thing about abigail, right? i can't answer that question. it's different. it's unusual. i have enough self-awareness to know it's kind of strange but i know if i go beyond the consideration i'll count on my mom to help me deal with people internally and externally from time to time. i tell people which i have this -- whenever i start, which i've done today, tooting my own horn as my record about governor. since no one else is going to toot it, i have to be the person who does it. every time i start i feel this presence behind my back and it's the looming -- you don't see it back there right? looming presence of my mother saying, don't brag. it's not about you. i'm almost feeling like she's about ready to do what that woman did in baltimore when she tried to get the -- i think my -- >> wasn't it w? i thought w got that treatment? >> we all did. i think my mom and the woman who was bringing her child back home have a lot in common. i admire what she did. that was a nice visual symbol of what needs to be restored. >> who is -- among current u.s. supreme court

adams is -- -- martin van buren comes from a middle-class family. andrew jackson grew up in poverty. millard fillmore's family does not own land in an aero one most families owned their land. abigail'sather died when she was two years old. they did not have much money. she is the first first lady to have worked outside of the home. not only before she is married, but after she is married when millard was starting his lot career. these are people who have experienced poverty and have not achieved at all anything other than middle-class status. after her death, millard mary's very well. >> here is a biography on millard fillmore if you are interested in reading more. it is available where you shop for books. we have about 20 minutes to learn more about abigail. abigail brings this sensibility to the role of first lady. how does she approach the job? her legacy is that she created the first white house library. her legacy from her father was books. those books he came the core of her education and instilled in her a love of educating others. congress appropriated $2000 for the president to establish the white house library, but it was understood that she would be the one to select it.