edith roosevelt and theodore roosevelt wanted it to evoke its sort of colonial roots. so it's a very federal, formal white house. the beautiful pillars. the great entryway, the new grand staircase that she put in. it helps to bolster, the roosevelt brought in the regal, formal worldwide presidency. this is when america moves into the greater world as a power. this was to command respect for that and to show the power of the presidency. and mrs. roosevelt was in charge of the decoration of that white house. >> she added a first lady's portrait gallery? >> she did. she consolidated the portraits of first ladies. commissioned hers to be added to it and added a first lady's portrait gallery. >> politically, policy wise, what is known for? >> she steps away from policy. certainly is someone that can restrain her husband and i'm sure had words to say to her husband. she had young, large family. she was concentrating on that family. she wanted time for her family and for her husband. and so she actually -- we think of in a lot of ways as one of the first managerial first ladi

edith roosevelt wanted -- and theodore roosevelt, wanted it to evoke its colonial roots and so it's a very federal, formal white house. the beautiful pillars, the great entry way. the new grand staircase that she put in. it also helps to bolster the roosevelts brought in the imperial presidency. a much more regal formal worldwide presidency. this is when america really moves into the greater world as a power. and the white house was built to command respect for that and to show the power of that presidency. and mrs. roosevelt was in charge of the decoration of that white house. >> she added the first lady's portrait gallery? >> she did. some of the -- she consolidated the portraits of the first ladies. the commissioned hers to be added to it and to be established on the ground floor of the white house. >> politically, policiwise, what is she known for? >> she is a first lady that steps away from policy. she certainly is someone that can restrain her husband and i'm sure had words to say for her husband to her husband and opinions. but she keeps very private with them. she had a young,

>> i don't think anyone has ever refused, but edith roosevelt, who we'll see around the corner, we'll also see her inaugural gown, she didn't have a lot of patience for this. she was not first lady at the time. but she said she didn't save clothing, that she cut it up and made other things out of it. so, she did not donate anything to the collection. her daughter, however, later did. and what she donated was the inaugural gown. but mrs. roosevelt wasn't kidding. the bodice had been removed from the dress. >> does that give us context at the time that that was a traditional, normal thing to do? >> mrs. roosevelt said she liked to cut them up and satin gowns or silk gowns made tea gowns. it may have been a quirk of hers that she remade clothes. >> there were examples of other types of gowns here. it seems on every occasion we're looking to see what they're wearing. >> i think, one, it's become sort of a red carpet culture that likes to look and analyze what people are wearing. there's always been an interest in first lady's fashion. people were interested in what martha washington was w

edith roosevelt didn't have a lot of patience for this. she said she didn't save clothing. she cut it up and made other things the out of it. she did not donate anything to the collection. her daughter later did. she donated the inaugural gone. the bodice had been remove frd the dress. it has a prop bodice. >> does that give some context of the that it was a normal thing to do. >> she said they worked very well as tea gowns. it may have been a quirk of hers or a thrifty quirk that she remade her clothes. >> why do we care so much? it seems on every occasion we're looking to see what they're wearing? >> i think we have become a red carpet culture thatlike to look and analyze what people are wearing. people were interested in what martha washington was wearing. i think it's because we look to these clothes. currently, we probably have more exposure to the first lady than we ever hand we still don't know her. most of us will never meet the first lady. we have to figure her out based on these little clue, snippets of interviews, what she served for dinner. we piece that togethe

>> i don't think anyone has ever refused but edith roosevelt who we'll see around the corner and see her inaugural gown, she didn't have a lot of patience for this. she was not first lady at the time. but she said that she didn't save clothing. that she cut it up and paid other things out of it and so she did not donate anything to the collection. her daughter, however, later did. and what she donated was the inaugural gown but mrs. roosevelt wasn't kidding, the bodice had been remove the from the dress. it now has a prop bodice. >> does that give us some context at the time? >> mrs. roosevelt said she liked to cut them up and said satin dresses worked very well as tea gowns. it may have been a thrifty quirk of hers that she repaid her clothes. >> it's not just inaugural gowns. there are examples of other types of gowns. why do we care so much? it seems on every occasion we're looking to see what they're wearing. >> one, we've become a very red carpet kind of culture that likes to analyze what people are wearing. people were interested in what martha washington was wearing. again, i

happened to be his childhood sweetheart, edith, she insisted on taking this child back as the first child in their own family. so alice, little alice lee roosevelt, became the first of six children, and grew up to be a complex and extremely interesting woman whose portrait i've painted in quite a lot of detail in "colonel roosevelt." i've made a point in this book of describing all of his children. making them real characters in his story because by the time he came back from africa, they were all on the edge of adulthood and becoming more and more interesting in their own right. >> what can you tell us about the other five kids? when did he marry his second wife, edith? >> he married his second wife edith in 1886 which was only 2 years after the death of alice lee, and it was an extremely happy marriage. an extremely successful one. and she lasted as long as the administration of harry truman. and the children they produced, theodore roosevelt jr. was the first and there was kermit, then had was another girl, ethel, and then there was quinton, and i've forgotten archie, too. they had four sons. and two daughters. >> how did each of those die? >

roosevelt. host: our last caller says edith called wilson.the meantime, let's take a look at the gop race for the presidential nomination. rick santorum defense remarks on obama. he says he has a world view that elevates the earth among man. here is the "l.a. times" story. host: us take a listen to bring santorum on "face the nation." [video clip] >> when you have a world view that elevates the earth among man and says we cannot take those resources because we're going to harm the earth by things that are frankly not scientifically proven. for example, the politicization of the whole global warming debate. it's all an attempt to centralize power to give more power to the government. it's not questioning the president's believe in christianity. i'm talking about his belief that man that should be in charge of the earth and should be good stewards of it. host: that is rick santorum on cbs's "face the nation." yesterday. robert gibbs weighed in. caller: -- [video clip] >> need to get rid of this mind set that if we disagree we have to disqualify