wonder if he would address your view having done all this research on her relationship with eleanor roosevelt. the rose about scholars that had written any number of books about allin or herself or franklin roosevelt to come all over the map on that subject and i am curious what your views were on that relationship. >> that's actually a really interesting relationship. when the women met, frances perkins was a well-known work place safety advocate. she was a fan s suffrage leader and had spoken all over the city on all kinds of controversy issues, she was a public figure, she was a pivotal person in the settlement house movement. at that time, and we are thinking about 1910, eleanor was shoddy and was retiring at that point. she didn't know whether she believed in suffrage or not. she was active in the settlement house movement that as a volunteer where frances perkins was a leader. at the time they met, frances perkins was the much more important person, and the person who was much more of a career woman. early on, the letters seem to suggest that a lot our legal frances perkins quite a bit

eleanor roosevelt had a busy life. she made a point of saying busy women also like to buy their clothes off the rack. she also stressed that it would -- you shouldn't buy clothes from sweat shops. her politics also came into her clothing. >> what is the oldest gown? >> the oldest gown in the collection is martha washington's. it isn't on display now. it has been on display for a sustained amount of time. it's having a rest right now. in this gallery when we round the corner, the oldest dress will be dolly madison. >> fast forward to today, michelle obama, she donated hers personally? >> actually mrs. obama came and prebted the dress, the jewelry and the shoes. they were actually donated. she -- it's interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate. mrs. obama had them donate these pieces. so jason wu and jimmy choo and lori rodkin donated the pieces. when you see the pieces it will be donated by jason wu in honor of first lady michelle obama. mrs. obama came to present the pieces to the museum. >> what a

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos.

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to ref

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapin

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. >> good morning, everybody. i am the manager -- we will kick it off first with a message from our cities librarian. the director of the san francisco library system. [applause] >> thank you. this is fantastic. good morning to everybody. i am a little jealous. i said, this is not my house. it is your house. welcome to all of you. this is indeed your house. i am a little jealous because i did those of green t-shirts. -- dig those green t-shirt. we are proud to be part of youth advocacy day. that is where it begins. congratulations to each and every one of you for being here. i cannot say enough about our great

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. [applause] >> if i could get everybody's attention, please. grab your food, have a seat. i am an old fashioned a journalist. a few of us still exist. i host "your call." thank you. [applause] it airs from 10:00 to 11:00 and i am always wanting more women to call in. it is interesting to see when we have more men called versus women. we focus on politics, social issues, the environment. when i needed break, we focus on the arts. on today's show, we talked about international women's day. and what we're facing here at home. the u.n. declared march 8 international women's day three decades ago. the goal was to

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >> although there were these open mics every night of the week, they were super macho. people writing poems about being jerks. beatty their

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of the mayor's office of economic and workforce development. we are here to announce the 10- year lease for river bed at 680 folsom st.. 167,000 square foot lease. we have the mayor, ceo of river bed, the owner of the building, as well as david from jll to talk of the significance of this to the city. >> thank you, good morning. welcome to the super bowl of innovation. while we did not enjoy the other super bowl, we have been working on hours. i have always referred to san francisco -- and we continue to do this -- as the innovation capital of the world. riverbed'

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it, host it, share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and that

this one is from eleanor roosevelt. no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.is on my car, which i have had for two decades. well-behaved women seldom make history. no offense to the men in this room. this is from an anonymous. women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. certain men. i thought was funny. speak your true, use your voice, and spread the news. [applause] and if the award is the comeback of to the stage, we would love to get your photos. >> how are we all the win tonight? my name is chris. and welcome to the 32nd annual mfac awards. i know we are having a lot of fun in the back. if we could have everybody bring down the volume, we could get started and get back to the fun stuff. all right. hey, on behalf of spur and the folks on the mfac committee, i want to welcome everybody tonight. these events do not just happen. a lot of folks put a lot of work on from selecting the winners to sponsoring the event. if folks could just hold the volume in the back a little bit, we could get through this. i first want to thank our biggest sponsor, and dign

her name was eleanor roosevelt. in the years after ellen's death, no other first lady lobbied for any legislation. but in march of 1933, the first thing eleanor roosevelt did on entering the white house, was to go up to capitol hill and begin to lobby for another alley bill. as you know, she went on to lobby for many other causes. and she set an example for modern first ladies who are now expected to lobby for their own causes outside of their husband's interests. whoever presides in the white house next year, whether it's michelle obama, or ann romney, or someone else, we'll be expecting her to follow ellen wilson's lead, whether she knows it or not. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you so much, kristi. virginia scharff is distinguished professor of history and director of the center for the southwest at the university of new mexico. the scholarly booked include taking the wheel, women in the coming of the motor age, and 20,000 roads, women's movement and the west, and two text books. she was a research fel

raise awareness about children's health is the first vegetable garden at the white house since eleanor roosevelt's victory garden. >>> and a very happy birthday to singer diana ross who turns 68 years old today. happy birthday. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight, be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and finally here is a look at what's coming up later this morning on "today" show. george zimmerman's attorney and a close friend speak out in his defense following outrage over zimmerman's shooting of unarmed teen trayvon martin. >>> and self-help guru tony robbins talks about his new tv series which helps ordinary people overcome extraordinary odds. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific monday. we'll see you back here have a terrific monday. we'll see you back here tomorrow.

first lady eleanor roosevelt remarked to the press that he has that spark of greatness. and he caught the attention of other prominent democrats. >> now to ronald reagan in hollywood. >> this is ronald reagan speaking to you from hollywood. you know me as a motion picture actor, but tonight i'm just a citizen and more than a little impatient with the promises the republicans made before they got control of congress a couple of years ago and this is why we must have new faces in the congress of the united states, democratic faces. i take great pride in presenting my friend from minneapolis, mayor hubert h. humphrey, candidate for united states senator. >> in november of 1948, harry truman won a historic upset, and making history of his own, hubert h. humphrey became minnesota's first democratic senator. >> being a romantic and ide idealistic person when he went to washington in 1948, i think he probably felt that this was going to be mr. smith goes to washington, the place of marble monuments were just waiting for him to come there and change the world in a crusade and ve

eleanor roosevelt, one of my favorite americans had hoped that ameal yeah would one day teach her to. now, mrs. roosevelt used to drive around in her car and she would take ameal yeah for rides. and i think there's a story that ameal yeah said it's more dangerous driving with you than flying. and she wrote thinking of amelia earhart. today, we meet at a time when the challenges are not so dire despite what you might hear on cable television or talk radio. but these are still difficult days for many americans. after a long decade of war, terrorism and recession, there are some who are asking whether we still have what it takes to lead. and like that earlier generation, we, too, could use some of ameal yeah's spirit spp that feeling that if we just hold on together this generation of americans like generations before have the talent, the ingenuity, the grace and the grit to emerge greater than ever and to take themselves and to take them to even new and higher heights. we can be as optimistic and even audacious as amelia earhart, we can be defined not by the limits that hold us shutdow

if you look to the back you'll see eleanor roosevelt's inaugural gown. she had a busy life and she said busy women like to buy their clothes off the rack, but she also stressed that you shouldn't by clothes from sweatshops so her politics came into her clothing. >> what is the oldest gown? >> the oldest gown in the collection is martha washington's. it's not on display right now. it's been on display for a long extended period of time and it's resting now. the oldest dress as we round the corner is dolley madison. >> fast-forward to today, michelle obama. she donated it? >> she came personally and presented the dress and the jewelry and the shoes, they were actually donated and she -- it's interesting. this is the first time we had the designers donate and mrs. obama had them donate these pieces. so jason wu and jimmy choo and lorie rodcam donated the pieces, it will be donated by jason wu in honor of michelle obama. >> what goes in to deciding which dress to wear, and are they thinking about the influence that will have on their husband's administration

north carolina pennsylvania she planted the first vegetable garden at the white house since eleanor roosevelt's victory garden. the court is scheduled arguments over three days affordable health care plan aims at offering health insurance to tens of millions who lack it. john edwards will be in court monday he will face federal trial accused of using nearly a million dollars in campaign donations to cover up his affair and love child during his 2008 run for the presidency. >>> tuesday marks 100 years since tokyo gave the u.s. is renowned cherry blossom trees. the first lady will meet with spouses and military leaders to discuss her joining forces initiative and hear about issues impacting military families. >>> on saturday the gop presidential candidates will speak in milwaukee this event comes ahead of wisconsin's primary slated april 3rd. that is a look at the week ahead. >>> republicans weigh in on taxes spending and 2012 election and the supreme court begins hearing arguments on the president's health care law fox news sunday comes up after our show a preview when we return. >>> gwen will b

it is starting to feel like the 1940s around here because that was when eleanor roosevelt first lady,arly criticized for the same crime of public proximity to black people. these photos of eleanor roosevelt validating her mere presence, the idea of social equality for black americans led for some to call her to be tried for treason and deported. now we are asked to see this photo not as two legal scholars embracing in solidarity in justice but embracing a radical idea. seven decades have passed between that photo and this, but social equality is still somehow anti-american. coming up, why you need a job to get a job, if that's after the break. delicious gourmet gravy. and she agrees. with fancy feast gravy lovers, your cat can enjoy the delicious, satisfying taste of gourmet gravy every day. fancy feast. the best ingredient is love. fancy feast. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. no

. >> rhinoceros skin, eleanor roosevelt. >> a lot of bows and arrows. >> it hasn't changed at all in the director of "game choing" will join us. ahead on "starting point," remember conservative blogger, andrew breitbart, how he spent the final hours of his life. his good friend ann coulter will talk to us. students are back in class at chardon high school. it's the first time since monday's shooting. you're watching "starting point." we have a short break and we're back in a moment. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. call now for our free guide and tips on planning for your retirement this tax season. and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >>> good morning. welcome back, everybody. ou

last night, the colonels won the maryland 4a state championship, beating eleanor roosevelt 39-36.cgruder finished the season with a 26-1 record. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakeem dermish. have a great day. >> thanks, you the same. >>> next up is "reporter's notebook," and this week's conversation features some pretty hot topics out of maryland and virginia, angie. >> and of course, we're going to be back in 15 minutes with the morning's top stories and chuck will have your sunday forecast once again. but for now, here is jim handly. >>> good morning, and welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm jim handly. a lot to get to this sunday morning. let's start off in virginia, where virginia governor bob mcdonnell signed into law a very controversial measure that would require women to have abdominal ultrasound exams before undergoing an abortion. gentlemen, is this something that is going to hamper or help him, should he take the national political stage, and how much support does he have in the commonwealth? >> well, i don't know about the commonwealth, but the national stage right

she embodies the words of eleanor roosevelt, the battle for individual rights of women is one of long-standing andnnounce, should countenance anything that undermines it. it's that spirit, making your voice heard, never backing down in the face of injustice, that has made senator mikulski one of the strongest voices we have for women in this country and women around the world. every single day she is paving the way for more women leaders in america by showing the young women and girls of this country that women's voices matter and are needed in our public debate. i want to close by expressing my personal debt of gratitude to her for her vision, her leadership, and her pioneering spirit. i simply could not imagine working in this body without her leadership. she's taught me so much in such a short period of time and just as importantly she's fostered an unbreakable, bipartisan spirit among our colleagues that has resulted in important victories for the american public. thank you, senator mikulski and congratulations on your historic achievement. it is an honor to serve with you and i hope to co