b. hayes presidential center, also open to the public. 24 years of his professional life was spent helpingmerica preserve the history of the hayes presidency. we heard from allida black. your comments about the skills she brought to this job as she entered the white house. >> she was a partner to rutherford, a sounding board to him. she was able to engage people one-on-one and to make anybody she talked with think they were the only person in the room and the only person she wanted to talk with. >> the election did not end after they were sworn in. there was a congressional inquiry. here is one quote where he said, sometimes i feel a little worried. this press and annoyance going on, i keep myself outwardly very calm -- what do we learn of her? >> she is defensive and has a bit of anger in her. >> she sounds like a good politician in her own right, able to mask the inner. >> one of my favorite things about that is it shows her passion to hold it in. at the end of the civil war, she was furious and everyone started talking about a reconciliation and forgiveness. she was saying, mercy is one

b. hayes center on facebook.mling flynt, a political action committee that endorses democratic what it -- women kicked off a town hall meeting in iowa. clever casco was a supporter of the refunding for 2016. from des moines, iowa, this women's leadership discussion is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. iowa, and the madame president iowa town hall. let me state the obvious. it is no coincidence that y amalie's list shows the hawkeye for the first madame president town hall. the presidential campaign what ted kennedy was to flight and later to the moon. iowa is the launch pad. [applause] that we areay awfully ambitious in our aim to elect a woman to the white house in 2016. let's be clear, this is just the beginning of our ambition. we are here to build a pipeline of women. future, women for the and to take their place on the presidential ticket not only in 2016, but 2020, 2024, and beyond. [applause] you and i want our daughters and granddaughters to grow up in an lech deneen woman president is as com

b. hayes center at facebook.com/c-span. >> tuesday during the encore first ladies, featuring lucy hayes, you can ask questions about the wife of our nation's 19th president. christie weininger will be on c-span's facebook page at 9:00 p.m. eastern. join the conversation. tonight on c-span, a town hall meeting with the political action group, emily's list. at midnight, another chance to see first ladies influence featuring julia grant. and later, defense secretary chuck hagel holds a joint news conference with the chinese defense minister. emily's list is a political action committee that endorses democratic women. they held a town hall meeting in iowa to kick off their campaign to elect a female president. participants included democratic senator claire mccaskill, the first woman elected as a u.s. senator missouri and democratic strategists and candidates. from des moines, this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to iowa and the madam president iowa town hall. let me state the obvious. it's no coincidence why emily's list chose the hawkeye state for the first madam presid

b. hayes center. >> the united states ranks 92nd in a row in the percentage of women in congress. according to a study by group called fairvote, the release of report yesterday at the nyu dialogue you hear from democratic pollsters. this conversation is about an hour and a half. >> so can anyone hear me okay? my name is rob richie. on executive director of the fairvote, and this is the fourth in our series of democracy next forms that we've been pleased to do with nyu dialogue. and happy to welcome you to the iverson family auditorium here. at nyu's newest global site for this very important discussion on impact of women's representation. as you may know this is the fourth event in our series. we are posting all of the previous forums at democracy net.com. you can visit this live stream. it is also come we're being joined by c-span today. and you can see every for him that's taken place and those that will keep going in the future at democracy next.com. it's been exiling series so far. we got on the topics about our right to vote and constitution just after the voting rights act t