so the roosevelt institute originally it was the franklin eleanor roosevelty student. it's now just the roosevelt institute. they are the 501c3 that funnels private money to help us do these programs the roose? student like many of the other presidential library foundations also have other efforts of their involved with one is the campus network, which is an extraordinary collection of groups who cross the country i think about 10,000 students involved at over 150 campuses who are designed to train the next generation of political leaders. they come to hyde park a group of their leaders. come to hyde park every summer. it's it's a very inspiring experience with them. and then the roosevelt institute has a think tank where they bring together the great minds who develop new progressive economic policy ideas based on the core beliefs of franklin eleanor roosevelt. so the three different term, you know units work separately but work together and felicia wong. who's the ceo of the roosevelt institute has done a really remarkable job. yeah, she's terrific. we have a group in

eleanor roosevelt, you can read blanche weiss and cook's trilogy on eleanor roosevelt. you can dive into different subjects that are specific because there's such a large amount of history to cover here really, you know from the early 1920s all the way through to 1962. okay. i want to talk a little bit about relationships. so. it's been said that truman didn't know anything about the manhattan project until he he took over. so before we jump into that, what was fdr's relationship with hoover because we did have the hoover presidential library on earlier in our series and then what about is the fact that truman didn't know about the project. is that a reflection of their relationship? can you talk about his relationships there? sure, so. you know, he had a very bad relationship with hoover and in the interregnum period again back then remember he was inaugurated on march 4th, but elected in november early november, so there was a long period in which the country was experiencing severe economic crisis 25% unemployment literally millions of people living on the street hom

i mean before then it was just sort of even eleanor roosevelt people worked for her. she had secretaries and all but it wasn't listed as an official government employee. our question from geraldine from connecticut. were you surprised about anything in your research for this book? oh, yes, there were surprises all the time in what can i think of as an example? you're reading along and you find something that probably can't go into the book but you it surprises you. what can i say? what's the most surprising thing? i was surprised that how influential. ladybird was you know in her case she left a very full record. she left a diary that her printed diaries something like 800 pages white house diary. she was the first one by the way to do that. i shouldn't say that. she was the first modern first lady to do that helen taft had written a book about the white house and even julia grant back in the in the 1870s had written a book about being first lady, but it was not published for a hundred years. so after lady bird johnson every first lady except pat nixon who had her dau

they both shared the affection of franklin roosevelt in different ways. eleanor was enormously valuable -- frances perkins was the one who came up with the ideas and enacted the legislation. franklin roosevelt was the one who had the political savvy and popularity to make things happen. and eleanor was the one who could popularize these ideas. the two women were friends. they loved each other as allies and often fierce rivals and often jealous of each other. at the end of their lives, though, there's a wonderful picture of the two women at the 50th anniversary of the triangle shirtways fire. and you can see the affection they had for one another despite whatever tiffs they had over the years. >> do you think that the book brings any new research to the history of that period? >> i'd say the things i learned in my research were probably news to most people is really what a huge role frances perkins played in all aspects of the new deal. she'd sort of gotten erased out of new deal history. you'll now see whole new deal history books including some taught in college

my trip abroad by eleanor roosevelt it's a short newsreels to film narrative by the popular newspaper columnist and former first lady. she reports on her trip in 1952 to sweden, norway, finland, denmark, holland, france in england to observe post world war ii rebuilding efforts. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the president the united states have shown such intense interest in europe and its democratic traditions as the late franklin eleanor roosevelt. equally shared by his wife eleanor. mrs. writes about this a only interrupted traveler but also is successful journalist who likes to see things for herself and whose column has been read for 14 years by 6 million readers. and nearly 100 american papers. they've been following with special interest the important trip she just made through europe. >> we landed at the airport in oslo, norway, and 9:45 am. there was a large crowd on hand to meet us, including the crown prince and princess. the primary reason for my trip to europe was to unveil a memorial statue of my late husband. i think all the people present realized this statute symbolized their gratitude, n

and the first streaming on demand first lady was eleanor roosevelt. >> eleanor roosevelt really innovatedst lady's roll as the public communicator. >> she wrote thousands of columes, 27 books. she participated in hundreds of radio shows. >> she felt that her roll was too really reach out to the american people, and to learn from them about what they wanted in policy. >> first lady taken to the road and traveled hundreds of thousands of miles. >> going right to the source of the country's pain during the depression, leaving minors in appalachia challenging southern democrats to support anti-lynching legislation, and during world war ii, visiting internment camps where japanese americans were imprisoned simply because of their race. the first lady was often alone at the wheel driving herself cross country. >> now that is balancesy as hell, eleanor roosevelt was so politically active she visited the japanese internment camp that her husband set up. it is so classic for a wife to go around cleaning up her husband's mess. she was probably at those internment camps saying i i'm sorry, work has

intense interest in europe as the late president franklin delano roosevelt, an interest deeply shared by his well-traveled wife, eleanor. mrs. roosevelt is not only a noted traveler but a successful journalist, who likes to see things for herself and whose column, "my day" has been read for 14 years by 6 million readers in nearly 1 million american papers. they follow an important trip she just made through europe. >> we landed at the airport at 9:45 a.m. there was a large crowd on hand to meet us, including crown prince olaf and princess martha. the primary reason for my trip to europe was to unveil a memorial statue of my late husband. i think all the people present realized that this statue symbolizes their gratitude not only to one man but also to the people of the united states and the ideals for which they stand, peace and justice, and which they hoped to achieve through cooperation with the free nations of europe. to find how that cooperation and support were working out, i wanted to see for myself even though much of my time was taken up by public functions. even so, i thought i could get an idea of what was be

tracy, you're wearing a necklace. >> yeah, anne gave it to me for my wedding that was eleanor's. >> reporter: tracy rooseveltolumn in the newspaper any chance he got. he just thought that everyone kept in touch with their grandmother by reading about her in the newspaper or reading her column in the newspaper. >> reporter: don't you love that most everybody's grandmother writes a column about my day as first lady, she was groundbreaking, with fdr physically disabled because of polio, she often hit the road, becoming the president's eyes, legs, and, some say, his conscience there was a quote that she said when she started her tenure as first lady, where she said, i'm going to be a plain, ordinary first lady which i think anybody that has studied her knows that is not the case what do you take from that >> i think she was very humble, and so i think that she thought sort of, why me? why am i going to be in the spotlight now? but at the same time, she cared about people, and so she wanted to do the things she did, like go and talk to people who were in poverty, and meeting with women like she had done in new yo

eleanor. mrs. rooseveltt only a noted traveler, but also a successful journalist, who likes to see things for herself, and whose column my day has been read by 6 million readers, and over 100 american newspapers. they have been following with great interest an important trip she made through europe. >> we landed at the airport in oslo, norway at 9:45 am. there was a large crowd on hand including the prince and princess. not statue. not only to one member but to the people of the united states. and the ideals for which they stand. hope and justice. and which they hope to achieve through cooperation with the free nations of europe. i wanted to see for myself even though much of my time was taken up by public functions. it was so i thought i could get an idea of what was being accomplished. norway is making great progress in housing. the government is doing the greater part of the building, but some private building is also going up. norway has devoted its martial plan funds to buying essentials -- there's soli

and then at 8:00 p.m., a look at the life of franklin and eleanor roosevelt.y tv this weekend, on c-span3. >>> up next, sheila tate, press secretary for nancy reagan from 1981 to 1985 recalls the personal and public life of mrs. reagan, from her book, "lady in red." she spoke in april of 2018 at the reagan presidential library. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mrs.il

this is who eleanor roosevelt was talking about.y had him on "the today show" with all of his 14 decorations. this little african-american man wearing glasses, he looks sedate and mild as you can imagine. but here he is in here are all these medals. he lived to be recognized in the united states which he had not been. the unfortunate thing is this was a memorial to the lafayette flying corps in france that was done in 1928 outside paris. edmund grows, the doctor, major bullard's name was not on it. robert: not a question but comment from jennifer who said, great presentation. prof. morrow: thank you so much. robert: i think shoe speaking on behalf of everyone. last question and we will say goodbye. from our friend in new orleans, marcus. did eugene bullard meet or interact with african-american soldiers of the 369th infantry regiment? prof. morrow: excellent question and the answer would have to be no. because the 369th, which is the famous harlem hellfighters, spent its time at the front. the average african-american soldier never

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on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelthrough home movies. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> white house press secretary jen psaki and the national security advisor held a meeting -- held a briefing today. outlining common interests in the end of pacific region. the press secretary reiterated the president support of ongoing investigations into accusations of sexual harassment eight against andrew cuomo but did not joint other democrats calling for him to resign. she also clarified that the july 4 goal made in the president's primetime address last night meant small gatherings for the holiday. this is about hour.

on "the presidency," a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies, which give a behind the scenes look at the couple, exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> candice shy hooper talks about her book "lincoln's generals' wives" four women who influenced the civil war for better and for worse, in which she profiles the wives of lincoln's top generals and examines how their relationships with their husbands and president lincoln affected the civil war. this was reported at politics and prose bookstore here in washington, d.c., in 2016. it's about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for being here today. my name is candice. i work with some of the events here in the store, and on behalf of the owners and the rest of the staff, i want to welcome you to politics and prose. i just have a couple of logistics to go over. if you wouldn't mind taking out your cell phones and making sure that they are on silent. we are recording this event this afternoon, and we also have c-sp

. >> could you comment on her relationship to eleanor roosevelt? >> they had a very interesting, complicated relationship. they both shared the affection of franklin roosevelt in different ways. eleanor was an enormously valuable -- frances perkins was the one who came up with the ideas and enacted the legislation. franklin roosevelt was the one who had the political savvy. eleanor was the one who could popularize these ideas. the two women were friends. they love each other as allies of a lifetime due. they were also fierce rivals and often jealous of each other. at the end of their lives, there is a wonderful picture of the two women at the 50th anniversary of the triangle and their heads are bent in close to each other and you can see what's sincere friendship and affection they had for each other, despite whatever little tiff they may have had over the years. >> yes, thank you very much for writing the book. it's an issue that needs to be brought forward now. do you think the book brings any new research to the historiography of that period? >>

presidential library and museum looks at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt. here's a preview. so they were a dynamic team with tremendous influence on the american public and the public was fascinated by them this here. they are sitting in the front yard of their home of franklin's mother's home in hyde park new york. it's a it's called springwood. this is where he grew up and really was the center of his life and when you look at this beautiful picture, you can see that rolling hills you can still see much of this landscape there as it exists and one of fdr's closest assistance was a woman named missy the hand margaret missile hand. she had come with him when he first ran for vice president. she was with him through his polio and governor and she became really almost like a chief of staff when he moved to the white house and she took a lot of home movies. so we're gonna look at some of those home movies now to give you a little bit of a behind the scenes look at the roosevelt so we can go ahead to the video. now here he is in warm springs, georgia. actually

. -- eleanor roosevelt. here is a preview. >> they were a dynamic team tremendous influence.d by them. this front yard of franklin's mother's home in new york, it is called springwood, it is where he grew up and it was the center of his life. when you look at this dutiful picture, you can see the rolling hills and you can see the landscape there as it exists. one of fdr's closest assistants was a woman who came with him when he first ran for vice president, with him through polio and as governor. she was like a chief of staff. she took a lot of home movies and we will look at one of those now. here he is in georgia. this is in the backyard of springwood. you can see eleanor knitted, she knitted constantly. it was a way she could be productive. franklin was enormously intelligent and absorbed a huge amounts of information, even when he was on vacation or at home. they came out to springwood a lot. he would bring stacks of papers to read. his grandchildren playing in the backyard. before the library was built, he had a study. that's what he did his official work. that is mitzie

that's who eleanor roosevelt was talking about, my god.y had him on the today show with all 14 of his french decorations next to him and this little african american man wearing glasses looking sedate and mild, as you can imagine. but here he is and here are all these medals and so in many respects, many years later, he at least lived to be recognized in the united states, which he had not been. the unfortunate thing was this is actually a memorial to the lafayette flying corp in france that was done in 1928 outside harris. but edmund gross, the doctor, made certain that bullard's name was not on it. >> not a question, but a comment. genevieve mcgill acadie has a great presentation speaking on behalf of everyone. one last question before we say goodbye, from our friend here at xavier university, marcus cots, this is an amazing story. did eugene bullard meet or interact with african american soldiers of the 369th infantry regiment? >> that is an excellent question, and the answer would have to be no. because the 369, which is the famous har

and then at 8:00 p.m., a look at the life of franklin and eleanor roosevelt. american history tv this weekend, on c-span3. >>> up next, sheila tate, press secretary for nancy reagan from 1981 to 1985 recalls the personal and public life of mrs. reagan, from her book, "lady in red." she spoke in april of 2018 at the reagan presidential library. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mrs. sheila tate. [ applause ] >> yup. you want me to sit down there? i was so late, i thought i had better get started right away. [ laughter ] >> good evening again. for those of you that i have not met, my name is joanne drake. as chief administrative officer for the institute, i want to welcome you all here. it is our tradition here that in honor of our men and women who wear uniform of this country around the world we ask that you stand and join us in the pledge to the flag and i'll ask that you remain standing for a moment of silence in honor of our former first lady barbara bush. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic, for wh

and i think, i guess the ultimate irony and i should mention this, is that in 1959, eleanor roosevelt, who had a little article which, an article she wrote weekly in the papers, wrote that after bullard was given the languagen, she actually wrote this busch on , blurb, black man, son of slaves who had been elevated to the region of lodger, region of honor and at that time, he was an elevator man at the rockefeller center, and garrett, at the "today" show. and he spoke to him, and he just figured with the medals, probably associations, but the day after he reads the article, garaway looks and takes another look at the fella, and he said, excuse me, where did you get that meddle and that's when bullard tells him it's a legion of honor and he said oh, my god, and then he realizes that's who eleanor roosevelt was talking about, so they had him on the "today" show, with all 14 of his french decorations next to him. the little african-american man, wearing glasses, looks sedate and mild as you can imagine, but here he is, and here are all of these medals, and in many respects, many years la

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. >>> "my trip abroad" by eleanor roosevelt is a short news style film narrated by the popular columnist former first lady. she reports on her trip in 1950 to sweden, norway, denmark, france, and england to support post world war ii rebuilding efforts.

on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelthome movies. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ ♪ announcer: book tv on c-span two has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, editor charles kessler talks about his book "prices of the two constitutions: the rise, decline, and recovery of american greatness." he is interviewed by law professor ilya soman. walter isaacson looks at the developer of the crisper method for the genome editing in his book "code breaker." in her book "the daughters of kobani" we look at kurdish female warriors in syria. watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. announcer: next arkansas governor asa hutchinson and michigan governor gretchen whitmer join politico for a discussion about their state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. they talked about their future political plans, working with the biden administration and the january 6 attack on the capitol. this is an hour.

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the national president presided, and eleanor roosevelt was there, and jane addams. we had a big public meeting in washington square in washington, and miss addams initiated the first around the world broadcast. >> maybe there is hope that in the course of time millions of people who see the newsreels, praying as they do the inhabitants of every part. such an understanding of various kinds of life. it would be quite impossible for them to visualize any country as enemy. people in time will develop powers, which will make war impossible. and the old ring will come about because people will no longer carry anything else. >> women's international league had become active in a variety of areas. they supported the league of nations, produced educational materials, organized speaking tours, and held more international congresses. in 1934, dorothy detzer led the push for a congressional investigation into the munitions industry. the findings of that committee exposed vast corruption and made clear the links between war and profit. >> one of the things which has been most in

and at the dinner that night, their national president presided and eleanor roosevelt was there and janeternoon, we had a big public meeting at one of the squares in washington, and ms. adams initiated the first round of world broadcast. >> many of us hope that in the course of time, the millions of people who day by day see the newsreel portraying as they do the inhabitants from every part of the globe. in the meantime, obtain such a sense of dedication, such an understanding of various kinds of life that will be quite impossible for them to visualize any of these as enemies. people in time will develop the powers which will make war impossible. and the old ream for universal peace will come about because the people will no longer tolerate anything else. >> the women's international league grew and became active in a variety of areas. they supported the league of nations, produced educational materials, organized speaking tours, and held more international congresses. in 1934, dorothy detzer a member of the women's international league led the push for a congressional investigation into

and at the dinner that night, our national president, who presided over this, and eleanor roosevelt wasin the afternoon we had a big public meeting in one of the squares in washington, and miss adams initiated the first around the world economy broadcast. >> many of us hope, that over the course of time, millions of people day-by-day are praying as they do for the inhabitants of every part a such understanding. such an understanding of various kinds in light. to be quick impossible to visualize any of these in evidence. people in time will develop powers which will make more insufferable. and the old dream for universal peace will come about because of people will no longer believe in anything else. >> the women's international league grew and became active in a variety of areas. this supported the league of nations, reduce educational matures, organize speaking tools and help more international congress is. in 1934 dorothy debts are, a member of the women's international league led the push for a congressional investigation into the ammunitions industry and the findings of the committe

. >>> "my trip abroad" by eleanor roosevelt is a short newsreel style film narrated by popular columnistrts on her trip in 1950 to sweden, norway, finland, denmark, holland, france and england to observe post-world war ii rebuilding efforts. ♪♪

jenna sat down with eleanor roosevelt's granddaughter, and i sat down with lucille ball's granddaughteroing home to take care of carson's kids that'll be good. >> what? >> we're all switching around. >> okay. >> never mind. >> okay. >> they're not all going to live anyway -- >> they're not all -- >> show is over. >> hey, saturday oh, i guess we're done am i throwing to the local wait, cool in the east up and down the eastern seaboard, dry and windy tomorrow in the plains mountain snows out west, sunday, sunday, look for coastal showers in the southeast, sunshine elsewhere, a little rain in the >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kerry hall. we're starting out with clouds right now. it will clear up in the arch, into the evening hours. temperatures in the low 60s in the inland valleys. tomorrow is the first day of spring. it will be a little bit cool. the warming trend is on the way. by early next week, low 70s in the valleys. san francisco will see those temperatures in the 50s through the weekend. 60s are on the way. >> and that's your latest weather. >> how was eleanor roosevelt's gra

a look at the personal and political partnership between frankland and eleanor roosevelt. exploring the american story. watch this weekend. places, but the familiar and comforts of home or private getaways often brings out their best work. coming up, stories of famous american writers and places fostering so much of their creativity, occasionally providing outlets away from the writing. we begin with ernest hemingway in key west. >> i have had the privilege of not only working here at the hemingway home, but actually live on the prty

so women of color always didn't found ways, but eleanor roosevelt said let's have some childcare.re facilities set up across the country. but they are in such small numbers, it's completely inadequate. so the people that are going to watch the children, are going to be family. grandmothers, or this idea of support within the community so, that gets promoted as a war job. if you work as a child care giver, you're enabling someone else to go work in the factory. if you've got arthritis in your elbow, and you cannot read it. maybe you can feed a baby a bottle. and do your part. so this idea of all these jobs are important, all of these jobs helped the war effort and make a difference. we often think of rosie the riveter of the as the epitome of women working during the war. the reality is more women typed than anything else. when we get to the women at war, we're not going to highlight that, but i wanted to sneak this in now. that is one of the biggest things that women do. in the military as well. you've got civil service women working for different parts of the government as part o

on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies which give a behind-the-scenes look at the couple. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> next, kirstin downey talks about her book "the woman behind the new deal." in that

on the presidency, a look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt through home movies which give a behind the scenes look at the couple. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv charlotte waisman and jill talk about their book, her story, a time line of women who changed america. their profiles include suffragist susan b. anthony, margaret sanger and madam c.j. walker. this was recovered in denver in 2008. it's about 40 minutes. >> thank you and good evening. i'm honored to be here tonight to introduce charlotte and jill, authors of "her story a time line of women who changed america." i met jill when we first moved to denver back in 1987 and i often describe her as the energizer bunny of women engineers. i don't know anyone who's busier with more stuff whether it's in her professional life or her efforts on behalf of women -- on behalf of women in technology. the same can generally be said of charlotte though she comes from a very different professional experience. with a b

presidency paul sparrow looks at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor roosevelt that captivated the nation and transformed how the federal government interacted with the american public mr. sparrow is director of the franklin d roosevelt presidential librarian museum in hyde park, new york. he shares roosevelt home movies that give a behind the the scenes look at the couple. and in two hours in 20 minutes on the presidency betty boyd caroli talks about how first ladies have defined their unique position. i'm just so excited and proud to introduce someone who's not just great historian a great military commander, but also a good friend of the museum and that's lieutenant. colonel shawnigan p sculley lieutenant we know him is joining us live tonight from the united states military academy at west point. he received his phd from the university of chooses amherst and he serves as associate professor of at west point one of the many things. ies

on the presidency and look at the personal and political partnership between franklin and eleanor rooseveltough home movies, which give a behind-the-scenes look at the couple. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ ♪ announcer: eugene bullard grew up in georgia but dissatisfied in the jim crow south stowed away on a freighter and settled in paris. boxer, musician, nightclub owner, he served france as an infantry machine gunner, pilot, and spy in world war i and world war ii. he earned the highest medal, knight of the legion of honor. professor john morrow talks about eugene bullard's life. >> john morrow needs no introduction. let me give a brief version. dr. john morrow jr., wonderful friend of the national world war ii museum and convene her of the counselors, he is the franklin professor and chair of the history department at the university of georgia in athens where he teaches courses on modern european warfare and society. he has contributed to the education of faculty and students at the national war college, the u.s. military academy at wes

but we know that a woman is like a teabag, like eleanor roosevelt said, you never know how strong shes until she gets in hot water. and i know for a fact women have continued to stand up against every barrier. point to this pandemic and you see how women, especially women of color, have borne the brunt of this health and economic crisis. but we keep moving it we will continue in this congress to fight for the women in america. this is our responsibility. i am glad we have women leaders across the federal, state and local governments, that we can look up to, and every woman in this congress recognizes today that the next generation, they are looking at us and asking us to stand up. our vice president of the united states, our speaker of the house, and half of president biden's cabinet. and even on the other side of the aisle, the chair of the house republican party. we are making success and i know that we can do so much more. i continue to work, and i want you to know that where women succeed, america succeeds, as our speaker of the house reminds us. and amazing women leaders continue