edith wharton, her first book with the decoration of houses.was a harvard philosopher named george santayana. robert louis stevenson. jm barrie. richard kipling -- rudyard kipling. edith wharton did not gain fame from the decoration of houses. charles: no, she did not but she liked to live in fancy houses. she was a terribly successful and wealthy author but she always outspent her royalties. finally i'm afraid was lured away from scribners because she was too much in debt from our advances. she was lured away to appleton. she wrote her early novels for scribner. the decoration of houses was co-authored with a man named ogden cog did jr.. she had great taste. she wrote a book of italian villa was for example. she was an expert on european gardens. she is not primarily known for her decorating. she is known for her fiction. ethan from, which i read as a student. it was assigned reading when i was a high school student. peter: i wanted to ask you about george santayana, the harvard philosopher. he was quite well known in his day. charles: very we

he would correspond with edith wharton throughout his life. he would correspond with ida b. wells. the first presidential platform in 1912 to endorse suffrage, the first women to work in high ranking positions in a campaign, the first women to second a nomination. it is a consistent theme throughout his entire life, starting with that influence of his mother, his grandfather, and his aunt. >> if these women had been born in this generation, how would the story be different? who would be the president? >> bamie. i mean, i think bamie had all the political skills and insight of a very smart, strategic advisor. whether she had this personality -- everybody loved her personality. obviously theodore roosevelt was a showman and he enjoyed the crowd. he was extroverted. what is interesting is, again, conie is the one who after theodore roosevelt died begins to take his place. theodore roosevelt died in 1919 and he was expected to be. he was the leading candidate for the presidential nomination and the republican party. he does not come to pass. connie speaks at the republican convention,

theodore roosevelt would correspond with edith wharton throughout his entire life.da b wells, he took an audience with susan b anthony, you know, the first residential platform in 1912 to endorse suffrage. the first women to work the high ranking positions in a campaign. the first women to second the nomination was tr's nomination. it is a consistent theme throughout his entire life starting with the influence of his mother, his grandmother and his aunt. >> if these women had been born in this generation, how would the story be different. who would be the president? >> bamie. bamie would be president. yes. i think bamie had all of the political skills and insight of a very smart strategic adviser. whether she had the personality, everybody loved her personality. you hear, obviously theodore roosevelt was a showman. he enjoyed the crowd. he was extroverted. i think what is interesting is, again, connie was the one that after theodore roosevelt dies begins to take his place. theodore roosevelt dies in 1919 and he was the leading candidate for the presidential nominati

theodore roosevelt will correspond edith wharton throughout his entire life. he will correspond with ida b wells. he took an audience with susan b anthony. you know the first the first presidential platform in 1912 to endorse suffrage the first women to work as high ranking positions. a campaign, the first woman to second a nomination was tr his nomination. i mean it's a consistent theme throughout entire life starting that influence of his mother, his grandmother, his aunt. yeah. if if these women had not been born in this generation, how would this story be different? who would be the president baby? barney would be? yes. i mean, i think barney had all the political skill and insight of a very smart, strategic advisor know whether she had the personality everybody loved her personality, you hear? i mean, you know, obviously, roosevelt was a showman and enjoyed the crowd. he was extroverted. i think, you know what's interesting is, again, connie was the one that after theodore roosevelt dies, actually begins to take his place. theodore roosevelt dies 1919. an