eleanor roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt on screen is her first book. please join me in welcoming ms. beachum to the roosevelt reading festival. well thanks for that introduction and thanks, everybody for being here. thanks. also, the archivists here who are so important to all this work that we do, thanks to the other researchers and scholars. and also i have to thank both franklin and eleanor roosevelt for this shining example that they made, for all of us so i'll be talking about my book, eleanor roosevelt on screen. and i think i'm the one here today talking about air rather than fdr. and also a film and television historian. so my topic's a little different than everyone else today, but over the years, i found myself recognizing that eleanor was not a pioneer in print and radio but she's the first woman in the united states to host major public affairs, broadcast television. and that's something nobody about, but quite a big deal today with mrs. aired weekly on nbc 1950 and albert einstein made his first television appearance as. a guest on her show on the premiere that also feat

eleanor's death in 1962. once again, she attracted some of those important political and cultural figures of the era including ralph, henry kissinger, luis muÑoz, russell, stevenson, paul tillic and john f. kennedy as senator and president although she really despised j.f.k.'s father and had to be convince to book the younger of the kennedys. some of herabout kennedy remarks were incorporated into television commercials for republican richard nixon for whom she also had little respect. eleanor roosevelt spoke with authority but had grandmotherly appearance. television commentators andge guests often -- although she had consistent distracters very few confronted er directly on tv so the medium regular i will provided an effective platform for her liberal voice during the republican eisenhower years and beyond. because of her status as larger than life figure both loved and hated by segments of the public, filmmakers largely avoided documentary and biographycal film coverage until after her death. in 1960 produ

eleanor roosevelt spoke with authority.he had a kind grandmotherly appearance and delivery as she aged television commentators and guests often behave deferential to her personages resisting the sexualization that plague most women at the time. although she hadto consistent vy few confronted want to be that medium regular provided an effective platform for her liberal voice during the eisenhower years and beyond. because of her status as a larger-than-life figure both loved and hated by segments of the public filmmakers largely updated biographical film coverage for both franklin and eleanor roosevelt until after her death. in 1960 dorey per book exception. a dramatization of franklin struggle and come back fromnk polio with the loving support of his wife. er commented the projection was about as much like the roosevelt family as some people from mars. although she cooperated to the children proffer it profited from the successful broadway play and resulting future. what did eleanor think about her own on-screen appearances

eleanor originally decided to invite ms. anderson to the white house and then she decided that she needed something bigger. so she worked behind the scenes with secretary of the interior and they scheduled a concert at the lincoln memorial. and this is a picture on the top of marian anderson singing at the lincoln memorial. and it was also broadcast on radio. 75,000 people integrated audience was there to see and hear marian anderson. and this is a copy of the famous letter that she sent to the d.a. my dear mrs. henry and robert, i am afraid that i have never been a very useful member of the daughters of the american revolution. so i know of very little difference to you whether i resign or whether i continue to be a member of your organization. however, i am in complete disagreement with the attitude taken in refusing constitution hall to great artist. you have set an example, which seems to me unfortunate and i feel obliged to send into you my resignation. you had an opportunity to lead in an enlightened way, and it seems

so one of the main collection was the eleanor roosevelt collection. but the principal one was the rex g. tugwell collection, which not everyone knows about. it's one of the best names around. and let just read a bit from my book describing him as one of the most progressive members of the administration, rexford g. tugwell, often denounced by conservative critics. rex, the red plotting to upset the social order. but the press couldn't help but mention that he was also young, curly headed and handsome with some dubbing him, quote, the handsomest of the brain stars and the best dressed man in the administration at tugwell is confirmation hearing. conservative senator allison de cotton ed smith even framed those hollywood looks as a strike against the nominee, complaining that tugwell was, quote, a very handsome gentlemen who would starve to death as a farmer and thus had no place in the of agriculture. so rexford g. tugwell or rex, as his friends called, was the director of the resettle ment administration. that where the music unit that my book talks a

so, what of the main collection was eleanor roosevelt collection.ut the principal one was the tub will collections which not everyone knows about. it's one of the best names around. and let me just read a bit for my book describing him. as one of the most progressive members of the administration, rexford was denounced by conservative critics as rex the red plotting to upset the social order. the press cannot help but mention he was also young, curly headed and handsome. with some dubbing him the handsomest of the brain thrusters. the best dressed man and the administration. the tug was confirmation hearing conservative senator smith even frames the hollywood good looks as a strike against the nominee complaining he was quote a very handsome gentleman who would starve too death as a farmer and thus had no place in the department of agriculture. so rex as his friends called him was a director of the resettlement administration. that is where the music unit that my book talks about was hidden. i say it was hidden because it was a unit within that vagu

so i figured, well, it worked with mary with fdr and eleanor so i'll do abe. mary, i spent two years on writing a book about them and i realized that she couldn't carry the story the way eleanor. eleanor was everywhere i wanted to be. she's in the middle of everything happening. so luckily went up to auburn, new york to give a talk and that's where seward, his secretary of state from. and i went to the house that he had lived in, which is still preserved like. it was then and i found out he'd written a thousand letters to his wife because she was in auburn while he was in washington during war. and they're amazing to talk about their relationship. she talks about lincoln. he talks about the cabinet and letters are treasures for biographers, letters and diaries. and then i found out he was important in cabin. and then i went to columbus, ohio, and there was chase, who was the secretary of treasury. he had a huge diary that he kept night, night after night. then i went to saint louis, and that's where the attorney general came from. bates and he had a diary. so

and she couldn't carry the story the way eleanor did. and eleanor was in the middle of everything that is happening so likely opened up to auburn new york to give a talk and those were the secretary of state came from i went to the house this is which is still preserved like it was then. i got ahold of a thousand letters to his wife because she was an auburn when he was in washington during the war and they are amazing. they talk about their relationship and talkar about lincoln in the cabinet and the letters are treasures. better than a diary and i found he was important in the cabinet andof i went to columbus ohio ad he was a secretary-treasurer. night after night after night another with st. louis and that's where the attorney general is. he had a diary so i had cabinet people and they work spending more time with lincoln than mary. they had been his rivals in the election's so that became the story and the onet i got so may books written about him was interested in the friendship between teddy and taft. they had sent set out for the

the dartmouth the eleanor the beaver and the william. and they arrived in they arrived a massachusetts in that order. and three of them arrived in boston properly. the dartmouth, the eleanor and the beaver fine, the william hit a storm and wrecked off of cape cod and it wrecked on december 11th. now, that could have been the of it. it's hard to imagine that crates full of tea are going to survive a shipwreck. it would have been a tea already, you'd think. but it wasn't the ships, the ships cargo was salvaged. and so one of the east india merchants with handling the east india companies affairs in boston, we call them the consignees one of the consignees got on his horse and rode out to the cape and sorted this out. he found some men to salvage the tea and he paid them in tea from. the williams consignment too, for labor, which was no small feat and potentially quite a dangerous job to be salvaging this off of the rocks the ship had wrecked. and of course, rocks and waves in a storm are dangerous places. so we paid them in tea and after s

eleanor clift with "the daily beast." welcome to both of you. >> thanks. >> eleanor, the past is something to know and learn from but not always to live in. >> right. >> what do you think of this contrast and the way donald trump -- he lies a lot. we covered that. he sometimes emotionally blurts what he is feeling. he doesn't want to deal with running against what may be a harder opponent. >> he feels cheated. he was supposed to run against biden. now he will run against somebody else he hardly knows. she's, of course, incompetent. he is suggesting there was a constitutional funny business that she has no right to be occupying this position. he is always -- it sounds unhinged, but he is salting the water for arguments he is going to make later on. he does not know how to run in any other run that he being aggrieved. first the courts were getting him. now the country has confused him because he has a different opponent. he has to start all over. the thing is that after a while people want to hear what this election means f

eleanor, i'm eleanor. and the light came down as it was in the mentioned book at the time.the book of masfur, at the time of the charter of baghdal maqdoor ali nabi al-mahboob, in the name of allah sleep in the name of god sleep in the name of god, god is great , god is great, god is great, god is great , i testify that there is no god but god . i testify that there is no god but god. i testify that muhammad is the messenger of god. i testify that muhammad is the messenger of god. peace be upon you , peace be upon you. allah is great, god is great, there is no god but god, there is no god but god.

, the intellectual competition continues, oh, you're tormenting me, then i, i 'll say it for you, eleanor, yes, that's why. your name, your purpose is to give people happiness and beauty. thank you very much, thank you very much, this was the meaning of life for leonora kochalovskaya. the most relevant event in the world of sports. the belarusian youth track and field team won five medals in total during the match against the russian team. work and discipline give results. this is the principle by which bobruisk works this off-season. hard training, exciting competitions. when you lift the cup, for the very first time, this is probably the most emotional moment. it is clear that now it is already a new season, we need to prepare, to defend this title. a lot of people love hockey, in general, quite good results, i think we show in it, sport is developing and cultivated in our country in order to remove children from the street as much as possible, so that the maximum number of children are engaged in some kind of sport, this is a healthy nation, these are healthy children, all this is in s

now, helen taft and eleanor roosevelt, lady bird johnson, betty ford and others had published memoirs 1982. but the trend accelerated in this time in the 1980s, mrs. ford wrote a second book, and rosalynn carter and nancy reagan published two books apiece. mrs. reagan's chief of staff, james rosebush, wrote first lady, public wife, for example, 1988, it was just one in a line of fascinating insider stories. the 1990s was a rich decade. scholarly articles based upon archival research began to appear in journals like presidential studies quarterly. author carl anthony, published first ladies the saga of presidents wives and their power to ambitious volumes over thousand pages written as a kind of tempore lee layered, multiplied biography of all the first ladies together. then came the first of what would be a land three volume biography of eleanor roosevelt by historian reece and cook, three volumes. there are united states presidents who don't have three volume biographies. to think that a first lady, even eleanor roosevelt, could be worthy of three volumes and that it was published a

eleanor roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt on screen is her first book.

and eleanor clift. from the daily beast. welcome to both of you. eleanor, the past is something to learn from but not live in, what you think of the contrast and the way that donald trump lies a lot, we've covered that fact checked that, sometimes he emotionally blurts what he is feeling and he seems to feel that he does not want to deal with running against what seems to be a harder opponent? >> he feels aggrieved, cheated, he was supposed to run against biden and he will run against somebody else. he hardly knows her, that she is incompetent and he is suggesting there is constitutional funny business that she has no right to be occupying this position. it always sounds unhinged but he is always salting the water for arguments he will make later on. he does not know how to run in any other way than him being aggrieved. first, the courts were getting him, now the country has confused him because he has a different opponent, he has to start all over. the thing is, after a while, people want to hear what the election means for them, they are tying --

his own cabinet, even his wife eleanor did not know where he was really going. that that's how closely held the secret was. now, this is one of my favorite scenes in the book, and i'm only to just touch on it here because it's so great. so there's fdr standing, the railing of the uss augusta in placentia bay, newfoundland, and he's holding on to son elliot's arms. and out of the, you know, the hms prince of wales emerges this dreadnought largest battleship in the royal navy, still bearing the scars of its recent battle with the bismarck comes out and drops anchor and the launch comes over carrying winston churchill. it comes up the gangplank. and as the band plays god save the king, fdr holding tightly under elliot's arm, puts out his hand and says, at last, we've gotten together. now this is the moment where, you know, literally the future of the free world hangs in the balance as these two leaders of their great countries come for the first time. and it out, they like each other. and that may seem like a small detail, but it really set the tone for everything

and this is where eleanor launched her public life, an activist and reformer as well. we have some very special guests here. i just want to acknowledge our board member, dorothy samuels, who is here today and. it's an honor to welcome to great authors, robert and ina. carole. as some of you know, the new field program was launched as at hunter. it was planned a seminar that jack would teach himself to teach aspiring journalists the tricks of the trade that he knew so well. tragically, jack left us too soon, but in his name, hunter launched a jack newfield fellowship program. and thanks to the of janie and the dedication of the hunter fellows who taught here in the jack newfield tradition, we had courses taught wayne barrett, errol louis, karen hunter and tom robbins. others then. we came up with this way to refresh and perpetuate the program by transforming it into an lecture, starting six years ago now with maggie haberman, who's actually done the program twice. and we've had nick pileggi, and then we had one program dedicated to wayne barrett's legacy as well. so ton

. >> that's eleanor. >> that's eleanor. >> that's eleanor. >> that's right . >> that's right. >> that'ses. well they worry about managers breaking the strike last time aren't they. >> that's right. yeah. i mean, last time round that they threatened the minimum service level, which has just been, which is about to be scrapped, and then the union turned around and then the union turned around and said, okay, we'll make a one day strike for five days. >> that's fine. taking a step back before we go to the break, is it wrong that labour looks like it's sorted? it's sorting out its supporters with pay rises and watering down anti striking legislation because it's meant to govern for the whole country. isn't it. >> yeah. that's right. and the, the argument is that they would be doing just that. but if we go back then to the whole business of funding that the funding that a lot of labour funding, not the majority this time round, but a lot of it comes from the unions as a lot from the tories, from big business i until we actually change the funding model . yes, change the funding model. yes, y

his own cabinet, even his wife eleanor did not know where he was really going.is how closely held the secret was. this is my favorite scenes in the book and i'm only going to touch on it here because it is so great too. fdr u standing on the railing of the uss augusta in newfoundland. holding onto his son elliott's arms. out of the fog hms prince's wales emerges the largest battleship in the royal navy. still bearing the scars of his recent battle with the bismarck prick comes out and drops anchor in the launch comes over curing winston churchill he comes up the gangplank and as the band plays god save the king fdr holding tightly onto the armpits out his hand and says at last we've gotten together. now this is the moment literally at the future of the free world hangs in the balance these two leaders of the great country come together for the first time. it turns out they like each other. that may seemed like a small detail but it really set the tone for everything that happened after words. >> every day the military leaders get together, roosevelt refuses for

and eleanor and pineapple plantations was introduced from south america and going to be exported exclusively to france. the after gaining independence, the country was turned into a fossa freak showcase under. it's a long time president. felix will say, boy, need to also leads to countries on the political body. he's a former french minister who ruled for 33 years. the pro france president's death prevented the crisis in the country. the good news is of course they look for peace in northern people so that you select plus some the was to the point, not a problem. yeah. electric question did. did it? didn't you tell me this to me because i couldn't do it. i see it kind of these if i did that, was that low volume pretty yeah. pretty simple. when you see this one is a comfortable this she folded up for larry shifted upwards, was done that she saw it. the more appropriate this was done through police will assist some privilege as well with the subordinate that the rates will go through the shuttle. the will go see, did you notice that the board is empty? pretty full. the full one item is the mos

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