what specifically did jaclyn kennedy? >> what happened under harry truman was that for structural reasons we saw two weeks ago in the excellent series, the white house had to be gutted in a steel superstructure put inside eight inches away from the outer walls. that's what's there now adays. it turned out the be so expensive there was not much money left to buy furniture. so harry truman made a great deal to furnish the whole ground floor in bulk with good prices, reproductions. jackie got there after the election of 1960 she feels aghast. she said it looked like a statler hotel which she did not mean as a compliment. it was not convincing reproductions. so this mother of two, with other things to think about, took on what was this enormous project of raising a huge amount of money of art and artifacts. she wanted it to be in europe. for foreign leaders to come to the white house and look like a hotel. threadbare and reproduction. it cast a bad light on the united states. if you liked the way the white house looks nowaday

what specifically did jaclyn kennedy? what happened under harry truman was that for structural reasons we saw two weeks ago in the excellent series, the white house had to be gutted in a steel superstructure put inside eight inches away from the outer walls. that's what's there now adays. it turned out the be so expensive there was not much money left to buy furniture. so harry truman made a great deal to furnish the whole ground floor in bulk with good prices, reproductions. jackie got there after the election of 1960 she feels aghast. she said it looked like a statler hotel which she did not mean as a compliment. it was not convincing reproductions. so this mother of two, with other things to think about, took on what was this enormous project of raising a huge amount of money of art and artifacts. she wanted it to be in europe. for foreign leaders to come to the white house and look like a hotel. threadbare and full of reproductions. it cast a bad light on the united states. if you liked the way the white house looks n

so we're going to close with jaclyn kennedy's years one last time. >> once in the white house, i felt i could get out. oppressive you how with the strain of the white house can be. i could go out -- jack would see it was getting me down. he would send me away. he would say why don't you go to in york, go see your sister italy, then he sent me to greece which was for a sad reason this year. i was getting patrick. after losing he would say, i can go out, i can go to the restaurant in new and walk down a street and look at an antique shot or go to a nightclub. -- inused to k worry about going into the white house. find out that it in really the happiest time my life. >> i used to worry but then i they were the happiest years of my life. >> i think that was january. a hink here's a case she had bigger impact as first lady in all sorts of areas we talked not have ght but may been the one that people thought about at the time she served. lady.nsformational first she set the stage for those to follow? how so? was abridged ion between traditional wives and others and the post women's liberati

which is a bit different than jaclyn kennedy's approach to the white house. she said i like the finer things, no matter where they come from. >> she did not. she got it made in the u.s. with a wild flower theme. so she was her own woman. also in the social side, they had the first white house wedding in 53 years. >> right. >> yeah. lucy's wedding. and then lyndon. so they had -- both of their daughters were married in the white house. and, of course, that was very joyous thing to have. because by this time, we were getting into the vietnam war and into the -- into some of the real nastiness. and to have the wedding was a really nice moment of -- of -- >> sitting back and saying this is a family. >> who did the daughters marry? >> lucy married in august of '66, right? she married pat nugent in a catholic ceremony, not in the white house. linda is the first white house wedding of a president's daughter, i believe, since the wilson daughter and it will be 1914. so this -- and she married -- he had been a military aide, charles robb. >> what was mrs. johnson's ro

completed, and there is no ula y ulagy, it will go to arlington national cemetery and from 3-3:30, jaclyn kennedy will receive visiting heads of state and heads of foreign delegations. she will meet them, undoubtedly display the same self-control she has shown throughout all of this. we go now for pictures. >> there is a democratic john mccormick there. and claud pepper of florida. >> we are not picking out dignitaries to name. we are just identifying people who have came to pay tribute to the man with whom they have worked. many members of the congress were given an opportunity on pass through in private. they did so and are back again. it is not easy to say good-bye it a man. but they must. they come and stand. and there is john lindsey, republican congressman from new york city. they stand after four. [silence] [silence] >> of you simple floral tributes in the rotunda in the capital of the united states. plane, bronze casket covered by of flag of the united states. with then, the body of john fitzgerald kennedy, 36. assassinated on friday, november november 22nd, 1963 in dallas texas. and the

. >> with jaclyn kennedy after her and mrs. johnson, a first lady was expected to have a project.wasn't considered a serious first lady if she did not have a contract. >> 19 years after she left the hite house, mamie eisenhower sat down with barbara walters to give her views on the role of let's watch. , >> you think presidents today help?heir wives' >> i don't know. it.be they don't want don't think that you can -- i think that you have to -- your husband has to -- a man has to encouraged. i told ike every day we lived he was. i thought how good i thought he was. your ego has to be fed. >> a little on the role of the lady. gary robinson wants to know what greatest e say is her contribution to the role of first lady. >> i would think that she would it was giving ike a where he e home life away from and get the pressing issues of the day. greatest r contribution was in institutionalizing the first campaigner. i think that's the role that has carried on with later first ladies and american political life. what was your answer? privately agree that it would be created that home. home

i wrote my thesis about jaclyn -- jacqueline kennedy and her support of the fine arts.would ask you to talk about her relationship and if the american public liked that relationship with him being a frenchman and how he helped with the white house restoration. >> i don't think he had a direct impact on the restoration. >> except taking her through versailles and showing her -- >> giving her a model to follow. but in bringing the mona lisa. michael might want to speak to this. i thought she was more admiring of him than she seemed to indicate in the oral history. she talks about the sadness that he had experienced when she met with him in 1961 in paris. he and his wife lost two sons in a tragic car accident. he was meeting with her even under those circumstances. she admired him for that. she admired his literature to be sure and being frank fillic about all things. >> gary robertson wants to know, what would jackie say she's most proud of in her white house years after being first lady. >> she said in the oral history, i think, she said she was proud of the restoration.

. >> jaclyn kennedy's first lady of the new frontier. thank you for being at the table. >> thank you for the series. it's been splendid. >> it's been a joy for us to learn along the way. have a good evening, thank you for being with us. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ >> monday on first ladies, lady bird johnson. she was the first wife of a president to become a millionaire in her own right after investing in and running radio tv stations in texas. she is best remembered for communications efforts along highways and urging people to visit national parks. learn more about lady bird johnson's life and legacy on our 9:00s live monday night at eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. >> we are offering a special edition of the book, first ladies and the united states of america, presenting a biography of each first lady. it is available for the discounted price of $12.95 plus shipping. our website has more about the first ladies, including a special secti

. >> jaclyn kennedy's time as first lady was defined as never before by images -- a young family entering the white house, international fame, and the tragedy of a grieving widow all within ten years. 10:00 p.m. eastern and sunday at noon on c-span. live on monday, our series continues. >> mrs. johnson, the first lady loved to show off the texas hill country and her home. the guest to the ranch would informally gather here in the den. and as various heads of state came to visit, we have a few things that speak to they are connection to the room here. one of the things she wanted to highlight was the native american heritage here in the hill country. we do have a small collection of arrow heads over there. an eye for copper and collected various items through the years and had gifts from various friends. mrs. johnson gave a tour of the house in 196. she purchased the china you can see here. purchased in mexico. mrs. johnson spent a lot of time at the ranch. it was important because it provided a respite from all of the turmoil of washington, particularly later in the presidency when the jo

jaclyn kenny -- kennedy was the first.leanor roosevelt thought about her public role, but she pushed that. she is unilaterally responsible for that. the roosevelt white house pushing her in front. i think jackie kennedy was the first lady that is part of a media strategy. role,xon did not play the the public role, that the white house wanted her to play. >> i think it goes further back. i think the republican party used her during the eisenhower, when she was second lady, and wanted to use this image of and pat as a young couple that mirrored america at the same time, two young children. the republican party actually helped to create the image of her as an ideal how to that house life. when she was there, they could not stop it. it took on a life of its own. >> do you think they were doing the same thing with maniac oh >> mimi was so much older. i think pat had to fill in with many. many was more the grandmother. she was not making public appearances the way that pat was. they needed pat to be a perfect housewife who could

publisher would asked me if i would write a biography on jaclyn kenny for nasa's come and i said you're crazy. i have read everything written on the kennedys and on mrs. onassis. there's been thousands of books and i went to the library of congress at that time, remember when they had the card catalogs? i told him how many books have been written and december could be another book. and he said, you've got to write a book and get behind the myth. and so i did. i wrote "jackie oh!" and that's how i got into writing unauthorized biographies. and please, let's tell your viewers that unauthorized does not mean i'm true to. >> host: how do you get beyond a myth? what are your techniques? >> guest: well, you know, it was president kennedy who said, i think, that the biggest misconception is not really the lie, which is deliberate, contrived and unrealistic, but the myth, which is persuasive and wrong. so that i tried to do, i try and do as much research as i possibly can. i do start by writing the subject, because all my subjects have been alive. they are a tightknit society. they have in some way influenced our landscape, left an imprint in our

publisher would asked me if i would write a biography on jaclyn kenny for nasa's come and i said you're crazy. i have read everything written on the kennedys and on mrs. onassis. there's been thousands of books and i went to the library of congress at that time, remember when they had the card catalogs? i told him how many books have been written and december could be another book. and he said, you've got to write a book and get behind the myth. and so i did. i wrote "jackie oh!" and that's how i got into writing unauthorized biographies. and please, let's tell your viewers that unauthorized does not mean i'm true to. >> host: how do you get beyond a myth? what are your techniques? >> guest: well, you know, it was president kennedy who said, i think, that the biggest misconception is not really the lie, which is deliberate, contrived and unrealistic, but the myth, which is persuasive and wrong. so that i tried to do, i try and do as much research as i possibly can. i do start by writing the subject, because all my subjects have been alive. they are a tightknit society. they have in some way influenced our landscape, left an imprint in our