she knew ellen wilson. 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 fell

wilson was killed by drowning in a canal. in her opening statement to the jury, prosecutor ellen robert said right after speeding through a stop sign and crashing his bentley into willson's car, goodman left the victim to die. >> he hit scott wilson, pushed that hyundai across the street, through the dirt and it rolled into the canal upside down. scott wilson didn't die from blunt trauma. he drowned. and what did the defendant do? he walked away. >> reporter: the prosecution says goodman who ounce the international polo club in wellington, florida, had been partying and drinking with friends before getting in his car. >> three hours after this crash, the defendant's bac was point.1 twice the legal limit. >> reporter: but defense attorney roy black had another explanati explanation, the bentley malfunctioned and roared out of control through the stop sign. >> all of a sudden, the car surges forward. you see him trying to control this enormously powerful car. unbeknownst to john goodman, the throttles that run the fuel into the engine are not working properly. >> reporter: at the time of the incident, goodman was not drunk and o