jackie kennedy took this on. she went all over washington, all the government warehouses, trying to find pieces of furniture that had been stuck there over the years. each family could come in and decorate the way they wanted. they needed to raise funds because there was no government funds for this. she came up with the idea of the guidebook, that was sold. it was very, very successful, to raise funds for this redecoration. she solicited all over the nation for people to donate historical furniture and artistic items. then she worked to make sure there was a law passed, that those donated items became a permanent part of the white house collection. then she also succeeded in getting a new position created, the white house curatocurator. she was a proponent of the arts. she used the white house to showcase the arts. she hosted performances of opera, ballet, shakespeare and modern jazz, all performed by american performers. she was instrumental in the creation of what was the natural -- national cultural center, w

we still continue to read books about the kennedys and jackie kennedy. e is certainly a romance of the thing. of course, the kennedys interestingly enough adapted themselves to this change in liberalism. almost none of them went against the grain of this change. teddy kennedy was well out in front of it. bobby kennedy was out in front of it, leading the charge. the second generation of kennedys are out there with it, as well. i have a sense that this is not so much an ideological phenomenon but a dynastic phenomenon, that it's in a sense the elevation of a family, a dynasty into politics, and it's an adaptation of the family to .he changing currents in that sort of situation, you might have style as a defining element as opposed to ideology, but it is a thought that i've not explored very much. i think it is a dynastic phenomenon. it's going to be hard, i suspect, for future generations or the current generation of students to understand the charm and appeal john kennedy had. jim mentioned that his job performance rating was around 60% when he died. if yo

i looked up at bob and he was smiling, to back but not at jackie kennedy smiling at me. 18 months latere were engaged. our friends and family went into shock. it was as though the pope had asked for the hand in marriage. professional women and men from 30 years apart in the 1970s. his cousins urged him to see a psychiatrist. so, faced with all of this opposition, we of course got married. there is a question people don't ask me about timeless although i could see how much they would like to. there is a time i crave that discussion wouldn't be asked. but in the 38th anniversary and tomorrow is father's day so that we answer this question before you can't ask it. did i marry my father? [laughter] to be married people similar to our mothers and fathers? i would like to reply by reading a short passage. i belief that it is no accident from a random universe. it comes from deeper channels of longing and recognition. the collection gathered force long ago. and a teacher that always listens and the one that precedes them all, the father. the things about them you never forget. his hands circli

i looked up at bob and he was smiling to, but not a jackie kennedy. he was smiling at me.ghteen months later we were engaged, our friends and family went into shock. it was as though the pope had asked for the hands of a squeaky frown in marriage. [laughter] professional women and men 30 years apart just didn't get married in the 1970s. his cousins urged him to see a psychiatrist. so faced with all this opposition we of course got married. there is a question people don't ask me about timeless, although i can see how much they would like to. there was a time i prayed this question wouldn't be asked but we just celebrated our 30th anniversary and tomorrow is father's day, so let me answer this question before you can't ask it. did i marry my father? do we marry people similar to our mothers and fathers? i'd like to reply by reading a short passage from timeless. >> quote i believe that love is no accident no whisper from a random universe. it comes from deeper

much like grace, much like jackie kennedy, she is stoic. the newspaper reporters who had gone on the trip, of course, they're reporting now this horrible change of events as they go back east on the train. they say, she's never breaking down. they're worried. she hasn't -- she's not crying. she says, i'm not going to. she knows she has this responsibility of setting a stage for the country. she takes that very, very seriously. privately, she's devastated. this is her whole world. she has no children to rely on. her first son from a previous marriage died in 1915. it's her. we can only imagine how lonely and afraid she felt. >> sure. annet annette, hoover. >> we will do the light stuff first. lou was a very, very avid horse woman. she loved to ride. she liked to motor, also. not while she was first lady, but shortly after lou's mother passed away, which is after they left the white house, lou gets in the car with her father -- excuse me -- lou gets in the car with her father in california and they drive across the country. it's a trip for hi

jackie kennedy shared her husband's admiration for cooper's judgment.here would be a point hotly argued or a bind you could not see your way out of and how often his voice was listened to and how usually his view was the path that turned out to be the obvious right one. sadly, john cooper would also have experiences with kennedy he would have gladly forgone. he was chosen by lyndon johnson to serve as one of the seven imminent americans on the warren commission to investigate the kennedy assassination. during his time in the senate, senator cooper established an enduring legacy. in my experience, i have found that there are simply two types of people who enter the senate. those who want to make a point and those who want to make a difference. john sherman cooper always wanted to make a difference. in 1960, a survey was taken of 50 washington correspondents about the most skilled senators of the day. cooper was ranked first among all republicans, even besting the man who had defeated him for republican leader two years before, everett dirksen. newsweek w

here's jackie kennedy a the hours after president kenny was dead. she is still wearing the same outfit. she standing next lbj as he is sworn in on air force one. lbj's great. he's from texas. mccollum big daddy. really tall guy. you can kind of see outselling is right here. he became a lefty during the new deal. the 1930's. that's what he became a democrat. that's when he became politically engaged. remember the new deal. fdr's cannot throw much a throwback to step against the wall and see what sticks. this is the energy. these are the kinds of programs that he becomes a part of and it becomes his sort of calling. he gets involved in the new deal in texas in the 1930's. then he goes on into the house of representatives and the senate. he becomes one of the most powerful members of the senate. he same as this is called the johnson treatment. if you don't believe -- if you don't vote the way he wants you to vote, he gets in your face and talks with you and insults you. the johnson treatment. he becomes a really skilled leader pushing legislation throu

last week, they started to mention that maybe eisenhower -- and obviously thereafter jackie kennedy was fashion icon. and being seen regularly on tv. ida mckinley was obviously the first lady to be seen on film. images of first ladies especially ida mckinley? mr. anthony: i would not feel much emphasis on it. it was a matter of being captured as a matter of fact and these were shown on nickelodeon, and in a few of the theaters, you would see what would become newsreels i the time of woodrow wilson, but there is the very first 1, 1890 six, a presidential campaign william mckinley, and his brother looking to make good and they got involved, and there is a film, and in that, mckinley is very stiff. you see ida mckinley on the front porch rocker, so it was more of a haphazard fact that she appeared, and was not really effective. there were newspaper illustrations. the hand drawn newspaper illustrations, and taking photographs of people's faces, and then doing drawings of them in various areas. and then casting her in a wheelchair when she almost died in san francisco was done that way. susa

>> the old family dining room which is where first families took their meals until jackie kennedy movedining room has been renovated. mrs. obama wanted to use that room to add 20th century art and objects to the white house since the white house is a keeper of our american history. >> susan, thank you so much for all of that. coming up, lilliana takes a couple teens clothes shopping and she may have a few surprises up her sleeve. plus, the fun items you never knew you neede supersize your lashes. advertise your eyes! supersize your lashes. hypnotize the guys! covergirl's super sizer mascara with the amazing lash styler brush. it loads on. combs through. for dramatic volume. corner to corner. volumize. mesmerize. supersize your lashes. advertise your eyes! the super sizer. new from easy, breezy, beautiful. covergirl and try new intensify me! liner for even bigger drama. so you think this chip is nothing to worry about? well at safelite we know sooner or later, every chip will crack. these friends were on a trip when their windshield got chipped. so they scheduled at safelite.com... they

and much like grace, much like jackie kennedy, she is stoic. the newspaper reporters who had gone on the trip, of course they're reporting now this horrible chain of events as they go back east on the train and they say, she's never breaking down. they're worried. she's not crying. and he says, i'm not going to because, you know, she knows she has this responsibility of setting the stage for the count country. and she takes that very, very seriously. privately she's devastated. that this is her whole world. she has no children to rely on her one son from a first marriage already has died. he died in 1915. it's her. and we can only imagine how lonely and afraid she felt. >> sure. >> annette? hoover. >> we will do the light stuff first. lou was a very, very afd horse woman. she loved to ride. she liked to motor also. not while she was first lady, but shortly after lou's mother passed away, which is after they left the white house, lou gets in the car with her father -- excuse me. before they get in the white house. lou gets in the car with her fa

slen: what about jackie kennedy? mr. fuller: i was close to jackie kennedy -- sitting in the car and letting my mother and my aunt into the house. i was not here. i was waiting to pick them up afterwards. mr. slen: and that's when she was first lady, right? mr. fuller: when she was first lady. and edith was so -- edith is what she wanted us to call her. she was so excited about john kennedy and that presidency. and that she got to live to see was, you know, wonderful. mr. slen: cary fuller, we're here on the main level of the house, up one stair case from the entrance. where would you sleep when you're visiting here? mr. fuller: upstairs, only twice, and i stayed here for the night. there's a little room in between her room and the president's and that was -- just as i say -- two occasions. mr. slen: so, there's three of you left. is there any -- are you active in an edith wilson family at all? mr. fuller: no. mr. slen: i mean, is there any like --? mr. fuller: not so much as a family, but certainly, with wilson house an

compare with a modern first lady, particularly jackie kennedy, in the white house? bringing performers into the white house, this is something that edith roosevelt did. how did she approach introducing americans to culture and supporting the cultural life of the white house? >> she had the musical taste of the pair. theodore roosevelt was not as bad as president grant. he said there were two songs, one is yankee doodle dandy and the other isn't. she worked with the steinway company and brought amazing entertainment to the white house. including pablo casals. she brought the entire philadelphia orchestra at one time. she had tastes that were not quite in line with her husband's family. she loved the corcoran art gallery, theater and art and music. >> also negro spirituals. tr brought indian songs. he helped encourage john lomax to discover cowboy songs. they wanted people to understand america had culture. it was not a colonial society anymore. it depended upon european cultures for borrowing artists. they are really important in that sense, too. >> since they had sa

and, you know, like we have record, we have video and audio of -- and photographs of jackie kennedy's concerts that she had, but we don't have that with helen taft. so we've got the visual tangible cherry trees, but we don't have the -- just the technology wasn't developed enough to have the film that we have now with audio to know what those concerts were like in the white house. lewis l. gould: president taft loved to listen to records. he and archie butt would play them into the night, and he enjoyed going to the musical performances. but one wishes we had 30 seconds of helen taft playing the piano would be -- i'd certainly listen. susan swain: archie butt, you referenced a few times, who is he? lewis l. gould: he's the -- the president had a military aide in those days. now, there's a much more larger panoply of people. but this was archibald willingham butt, b-u-t-t, who was the military aide. and he's famous because he wrote his sister letters. and there are three volumes of his letters, one from the roosevelt years and two from the taft years. and he was a great gossip. he reco

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kennedy was when she went to the white house. edith mayo: yeah, she was 10 years younger than jackie was when jacquelyn entered the white house, ando she was very, very popular. and, of course, there was this whole thing about this may-december romance that had taken place with the president and much speculation before he actually married that maybe he was courting her mother. and then there was the sort of the bombshell when it was announced that, no, he was courting the young and beautiful frances. william seale: didn't he say why are they attaching me to that old lady? susan swain: so we have the beautiful frances cleveland and then the harrisons who came in who were grandparents by the time they arrived. william seale: yeah. edith mayo: right. right. and she was a matronly woman by that age. william seale: she was a beautiful woman, as you can see from the picture, but she was not -- frances cleveland frankie, as she was known in the press, but -- just to tell a story about how clever she was you may have had it on the -- susan swain: not too much, because she got her due last week, so short story. william seale: okay. princes