william mckinley signed it. ida did not. >> carl anthony, she was born in 1847 to, obviously well off parents. what's important to know about her earliest years? >> her parents were not only well off, but they were what you would almost call radically progressive. particularly on the issues of abolition. they were rapidly against slavery slavery. on equal education as well for women. ida's mother was extremely well educated. ida mckinley is the most fully educated of all the first ladies up to that time. her father also was friends with a fellow abolitionist. her grandfather was friends with horse greenly. really involved -- ohio was very much the california of the day. sort of in the earlier part of the 19th century, represented almost the far west. that is where you really find this movement for equal education for women. i've us father ida's father helps to bring this woman's famed abolitionist whose name i cannot remember right now, but ida then follows her when her teacher goes to teach at the academy during th

tonight, we look at caroline harrison and ida mckinley. in 1889, caroline harrison was the first sitting first lady to deliver a speech. ida mckinley was a strong supporter of women's suffrage. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is and raise your hand if you had ever heard of this murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution is where this transformation took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both side of the story, right? the tools, techniques of slave owner power and we'll talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv and

the first ladies museum is ida mckinley's home and it is a beautiful, beautiful structure. i think hillary clinton inaugurated that home back in the day. >> so if one were to look at that period of time, it was a time of great disruption and technological change, industrial change, there are a lot of parallels to today, so, you know, we're going through the digital revolution, there's challenges with immigration as back at that time, so the purpose of studying history is to help us understand our time today. what would you take away from the mckinley era people can help to understand the time we're going through? >> i think like you said, the technological advances and, you know, we just were expanding it at rapid speeds. money was being poured into the country for industrial expansion. i think we can learn from that and that today we can take the strides and make sure we have the infrastructure to be able to proceed and cities can understand how, you know, important that is. i think they were doing it by happenstance and they were hoping for the best and sometimes that did

tonight we look at caroline harrison and ida mckinley. carolyn harrison was the first sitting first lady to deliver a speech. ida mckinley was a very strong supporter of women's suffrage. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> today a u.s. appeals court ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against michael flynn, president trump's former national security adviser. on june 12th, the d.c

ladies through interview with top historian, wednesday night we look at caroline harrison and ida mckinley in 1889 caroline harrison was the first sitting lady to deliver a speech. ida was a strong supporter of women's suffrage. watch first ladies influence in image wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> what do you think we can do about that? >> with police reform protest and the coronavirus continuing to affect the country, water live unfiltered coverage of the government's response with briefings from the white house, congress, governors and mayors across the country from us the situation proved from a campaign 2020 trail, join the conversation every day on a "washington journal", if you missed any of the live coverage, any time on demand at c-span.org or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. >> several senators came to thee to discuss violent over race

ida mckinley was a very strong supporter of women's suffrage. 8:00 p.m.eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, lawmakers look into legal justifications to sue china for its role in the coronavirus pandemic. they hear from witnesses on the foreign sovereign immunities act. a u.s. law that determines the conditions for bringing a lawsuit against a foreign state. the senate judiciary committee hearing is chaired by senator lindsey graham of south carolina. >> good afternoon, everyone. we'll go ahead and get started if that's okay with everyone. to our witnesses, thank you. i'll

night, we look at caroline harrison and ida mckinley. in 1889, caroline harrison was the first sitting first lady to deliver a speech. ida mckinley was a very strong supporter of women's suffrage. 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, lawmakers look into legal justifications to sue china for its role in the coronavirus pandemic. they hear from witnesses on the foreign sovereign immunities act. a u.s. law that determines the conditions for bringing a lawsuit against a foreign state. the senate judiciary committee hearing is chaired by senator lindsey graham of south carolina. >> good afternoon, everyone. we'll go ahead and get started if that's okay with everyone. to our witnesses, thank you. i'll introduce them in a moment after opening statements. i have an opening statement i would like to submit for the record. i'll do so without objection. and make a few comments. today, we're having a hearing about the foreign sovereign immunities act, coronavirus and addressing china's culpability. generally speaking, we hav

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tonight we look at caroline harrison and ida mckinley. carolyn harrison was the first sitting first lady to deliver a speech. ida mckinley was a very strong supporter of women's suffrage. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> today a u.s. appeals court ordered the dismissal of the criminal case against michael flynn, president trump's former national security adviser. on june 12th, the d.c. circuit court of appeals heard oral argument via teleconference on whether they should order the trial judge of the d.c. district to dismiss the justice department's perjury case against michael flynn. we'll show you that oral argument next. >> michael t. flynn, the honorable emmett g. sullivan. >> good morning, counsel. we'll here first from ms. powell. >> good morning. this is sidney powell for petitioner michael flynn. we're here now to stop further intrusion into the sole power of the executive branch under the take care clause to decide -- to dismiss a case and what circumstances warrant that dismissal. the governme

tonight, we look at caroline harrison and ida mckinley. in 1889 she was the first sitting first lady with a speech. she was a very strong supporter of women's suffrage. watch first ladies influence and image tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on cspan 3. >> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzie borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of this murder? the jean harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we will find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about both of these sides of this story here right? the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and we'll also talk about the tools and t techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lect

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as her very own and we will make her proud and from that point on, roosevelt curried favor with ida mckinley. there was an convenient where she came in, big dinner, roosevelt, governor of new york and he was speaking, saw she was coming in at the right moment, three clears for mrs. mckinley. he knew she sort of gave favor for him with her husband. >> 13 minutes left and more story to tell. steven in new york city, you're on the air. go ahead, please. >> >> caller: i love your show. i love it. i wanted to ask you is it true that robert lincoln, abraham lincoln's son at his bedside when he died was at mckinley's assassination? >> he was at garfield's. i think he was at the train station at the time. i don't believe he was in the temple of music. he was in buffalo. >> like zellie. >> i think at that point he probably decided we best not to accompany presidents on business. >> before we get to the assassination and we have to do it briefly, donna asked the question, if she was so frail how did she function as first lady in the white house? we've talked so much about parlor politics and bringing