helen thomas of talks about how that happened. >> helen thomas. it has been 50 years that women have been allowed to attend the white house correspondents' dinner. what was your role in making that happen? kabal.as part of the if you were allowed to be a member of the white house correspondents association, but we were not allowed to go to the dinner. we were shocked. we went to president kennedy the next year -- 1961 when he became president. we were not allowed. we went to kennedy and he agreed it was very unfair. he decided he would not go unless we were allowed. it opened the doors for us. women today do not understand that kind of discrimination, but it was there for 50 years before us. >> what is the importance of this 50th anniversary to you? >> the 50th anniversary since we were allowed in. people should remember the past. they should remember we were denied. we had to fight to get in. many of the men fought for us and some did not. many later told me they realized how discriminating they were, but they changed. i am sure they are very hap

that is not helen thomas under there. let me clarify that. i know it looks like it. i'm not that cool. greeting well-wishers in pennsylvan pennsylvania. bowling for votes in ohio. and on the campaign plane with marvin bush. he was always fun to have around. it must have been -- yeah. here with marv, and we were also on a whistle stop tour through georgia. this was several weeks before the election. and after the third debate, after the crowds all come around and everybody shakes hands and takes pictures, mrs. bush beelined for ross perot because he made accusations the campaign had maligned his family and daughters, and mrs. bush wanted to set the record straight at that that just was not true. here she is with her newly adopted son, governor clinton -- soon-to-be adopted son, still governor at the time. it's customary after the election that the first lady gives a tour to the newly elected first lady in the white house, and here she is with mrs. clinton in the queen's bedroom. going over some notes before a speech in a hotel room somewhere. in america somewhere we g

that is not helen thomas. i know it looks like her. i'm not that cool. and on the campaign plain with marvin bush. who is always are fun to have around. here with marvin also we were on a whistle stop tour through georgia. this is several weeks before the election. and after the third debate, everybody comes around and takes pictures, mrs. bush beelined for ross perot because he had made some accusations that the campaign had maligned his family and his doctors and mrs. bush wanted to set the record straight that that was just not true. here she is with her newly adopted son. governor clinton. soon to be adopted son. still governor at the time. it's customary after the election that the first lady gives a tour to the newly elected first lady in the white house. here she is with mrs. clinton in the queen's bedroom. going over some notes before speech. in america somewhere we get one more hotel room. sorting through children's books that she was giving to her grandchildren in ken any bunk port. and on a bus tour through illinois and wisconsin. obviously a

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