this is where lucretia played a vital role.ot of it was a matter of cobbling together a cabinet where everybody would be happy that the new york wing would be happy, that garfield now as leader of the party in the country would be satisfied. you had lucretia garfield playing a little bit of an espionage role in the postelection, pre-inauguration where she goes to new york under the alias of mrs. greenfield and is really there to deal with this guy she doesn't like roscoe conkling, and negotiating with members of the cabinet of who would be appointed and who wouldn't. host: the actual vote was very close. lucretia garfield after winning says this -- "it is a terrible responsibility to come to him and me." did she want to become first lady? guest: she did not want to become first lady for herself. she very strongly believed in her husband. they had really been through everything. they lost two children. they had marital problems. by the time he had run in 1880 they are very clear and very square on the same page in terms of their

tonight, we will earn about lucretia garfield.fter the assassination, the next person to come into the white house, chester arthur, did not have a first lady. tell us understand this -- to help us understand this interesting peterperiod of american history we have carl anthony. , he is the author of "america's first families." the circumstances of james garfield's election helped to seal the president's fate. tell us the story of where the party politics were at the time. guest: so many of the large issues that had continued in post-civil war era were really in large mode put to rest. the transcontinental railroad by this time had been completed the troops had been removed from the south during reconstruction. a lot of focus was basically on power and money, and that struggle within the republican party for who would control the party, which meant who would control the positions that were appointed positions that were at the discretion of people at -- in power, ended up being a power struggle in the party between an ohio-based par

and he suggested that lucretia read the poem, as well. he hoped it would bring as much comfort to her as it had brought to him. and he kind of suggested that this really become sort of their poem. and it did. so when lucretia garfield had "in memoriam" carved into the wood here in her husband's office after his death, she really was kind of acknowledging not only his tragic death at a very young age, only 49 when he was assassinated, but also this love of literature that they had and this very special relationship they had with the tennyson poem, "in memoriam." swain: and later on in our program, we'll come back to the years after the white house for lucretia garfield. but with the assassination of her husband and his death in september, chester arthur, the man who was really a political opponent -- he was in the opposite side of the republican party -- and it was an effort to unite the party that had them both on the ticket -- suddenly found himself president. he was a man without a wife. he was a widower and also he had no vice presiden

tonight we'll learn about lucretia garfield. and after the assassination, the next person to come into the white house, chester arthur, who did so without a first lady, and we'll learn how he handled that. to help us understand this interesting period in american history, carl anthony, who is the historian at the national first ladies library in canton ohio, he's also the author of "america's first families." well, carl anthony, the circumstances of the garfields' election in 1880 really helped to seal the president's fate. so tell us the story of where the party politics were at that time. anthony: well, you know, so many of the large issues that had continued in post-civil war era were really in large measure put to rest. you know, the transcontinental railroad had by this time, of course, been completed. the troops had been removed from the south during reconstruction. a lot of focus was basically on power and money. and that struggle within the republican party for who would control the party, which meant who woul

and this was all arranged by james mott, lucretia's husband. and so lucy came to speak. and just hours before she was to speak, she suddenly learned that african-americans would not be allowed, and she earlier that afternoon had distributed tickets to the african-american community. of course, wanting them there. and some of them showed up, you know expecting to hear her, and they were, they were barred from attending the hall. and actually it was frederick douglass who got really upset with lucy because she went ahead with her speech and gave it to those who were in attendance, but at the end of her speech she said never again will i speak in this hall or any hall that will not allow african-americans. and so frederick douglass got very upset with her for even going ahead with the speech. but james mott defended her and said people in pennsylvania in philadelphia, they ride on buses where they don't allow african-americans, they ride you know, there are various places where jim crow prevails and this was just one of those unfortunate incidents. but two years later she w

but lucretia mott is a star in history. lucy stone, although i am clear with her history, but to other surnames lost. >> you're. >> you're wondering why. >> a comment rather than a question quakes also if you look in the history of woman suffrage lucretia mott plays large role. she remained friends with stand and anthony. two of the five women who started the seneca falls convention. lucretia was an amazingly fair-minded woman. she was also friends with lucy, but i think that long-standing time with stanton kept her in the limelight and she is very much a part of those volumes on talking about. but you know, lucy also was responsible for mission. she mission. she did not want to contribute, but i think she had reasons why she is not in those volumes. it is amazing how much historians have depended on those volumes to write about 19th century limits movement. so i hope to my hope she will get back front and center in nation's history. thank nation's history. thank you for being a great audience. [applauding] quakes thank you

lucretia was a believer in women's rights. when her husband, james garfield, was assassinated, she returned to ohio and made their home into an early version of a presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president, mary macarthur mcelroy establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night on c-span's original cities -- original series, first ladies. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on c-span3. announcer: philanthropist mike bezos, father of amazon.com founder jeff bezos, talked about his experiences from emigrating from cuba as a boy. this conversation about immigration takes place at the national constitution center in philadelphia. it is 30 minutes. [laughter] [applause] >> the immigrant sometimes is the one that best understands the concept of freedom and what america is all about. tell us about your experience as an immigrant. what did you feel? >> thank you for allowing me to be here. the conversations have been unbelieva

. >> this week on first ladies, influence and ladies influence and image, lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. an educated woman in the believer in woman's rights husband was assassinated. she returned to ohio and insured's legacy by making their home into an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur a widower becomes president, and his sister, mary sister mary arthur mcelroy fills the

lucretia motte indicate a stanton and susan b. anthony but this woman is -- every bit as deserving, loseyston. she was equally dedicated to the women's rights movement as were these three women and also a celebrated passionate orator for the antislavery movement. her absence from the monument says volumes about how we tell our history and whom we celebrate. tonight i want to chisel lucy at least temporarily into that mary marsh -- marble. i my yet for commented i seemed to enjoy writing about people and should condition a biography. losey stone immediately came to mind. for men areas in my teaching i talk about and use lucy stone as an example of not only a great woman but also how often we leave important people out of our past. so i plunged in, using lucy's and her family lazy correspondence convention reports and the widespread newspaper coverage she generated. what was especially fun was with my husband visiting several places where lucy had lived and died. even to the none of her homes remains stand actually being present at

he later wrote that lucretia became the light of my life the love of my love. he wrote you cannot know how much i need you and miss you and love you. i can hardly bear to be away from you. so from the moment that they really jump started their marriage, they were this happily married couple. it took them a long time to get there but once they were there they were really there. they ultimately wind up having seven children, so they were there. sadly, two of them trot as i mentioned, and their son, eddie passed away. five became mature adults and we'll talk about them later. the five who survived to adulthood all did extremely well because they had great parents, and particularly after he passed away, she did a great job of raising them after. while he was president of western reserve he decided this isn't enough to keep me busy so he decided to study law. you're going to keep laughing. so in 1859 he studies law. and two years later, he is admitted to the ohio bar. turns out he was an absolutely brilliant lawyer, but unfortunately for his legal career, the civil

lucretia garfield decades. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 original series first lady's influence and image examining the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence in the presidency from our washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span2. >> the summer book tv will cover book festivals from around the country and top nonfiction authors and books. next weekend we are live at the harlem book fair the nation's flagship african-american literary event with author interviews and panel discussions. live from the nation's capitol for nation's capitol for the national book festival celebrating its 15th year. that is a that is a few of the events this summer on c-span2 book tv. >> last year members of unaccompanied minors central america increased and prompt of the reevaluation of border security and the treatment of underage detainees. a senate hearing on that topic included testimony from immigration and justice department officials. [inaudible conversations] >> good

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies, influence and images. from arthur washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> philanthropist mike bezos the father of amazon.com founder jeff bezos, talks about his experiences emigrating from cuba as a boy. this conversation with aspen's institute walter isaacson takes place at the walter -- at the national [applause] >> the immigrant sometimes is the one that best understands the concept of freedom and what america is all about. tell us about your experience as an immigrant. what did you feel? >> thank you for allowing me to be here. the conversations have been unbelievable. i am over the top already. we take for granted these discussions and conversations. it's unbelievable. so, go back to 1958, back in cuba, and i was at that time maybe 13, 14 years old. and i was fine. i was a teenager doing my thing, going to school, minding my own business. there was no thought of ever leavin

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lucretia garfield was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights.r husband was assassinated she returned to a cyano and ensure his legacy by me in their home to an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president and his sister fills the role of first lady. it establishes white house social etiquette is to future first ladies for decades. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy on c-span's original series, first ladies in the influence and image. for more the washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern as always we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] host: good morning, everyone. here are your headlines. nuclear iran talks have been extepided for the third time. now discussions will continue through monday. in greece in an economic u-turn the parliament proposed for a euro zone bailout. now the euro zone leaders m

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. >> this week on "first ladies: influence an image," we learned about lucretia garfield. when her husband james garfield was assassinated, she returned to ohio and ensured his legacy by making her home into an early version of the present shall ever -- presidential library. chester arthur's sister fills the role of first lady. lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy, the sunday night on c-span's original series, " first ladies: influence an image," examining the first ladies and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span 3. >> this week, the "christian science monitor" heard about u.s. policy on climate change. gina mccarthy answered questions . this is just over one hour. >> good morning, everybody. i am the assistant director of content strategy from "the christian science monitor." we are so happy you could join us. thank you for packing and here this morning. we are so happy you could spend the morning with us. to give you a quick idea of how we will proceed, administrator mccarthy will give you open

lucretia, which you see behind me, was asked once if it concerned her that he so often gamble.he said "heavens, no, he almost always wins," which is true, although he did lose occasionally. usually, he could find his way out of that by either winning something back or get whoever he was gambling with to assuage debt. whatever. here, you have a kit to be used in a carriage. it contains several decanters in a number of classes, all in a little metal frame. clay carried it in his coach, and it would be filled with any number of beverages. we know from receipts that he enjoyed a number of good beverages. clay was criticized for these activities, these habits. anyone who thinks dirty campaigns are a new thing something that only happened recently need only look back to henry clay to know that that is simply not the case. we have a great cartoon on the wall that illustrates that. it shows a group of citizens throwing sticks and rocks, and they are labeled tooling drinking gambling -- dueling drinking, gambling. this man was chosen not necessarily because he was most famous political

lucretia, who you see behind me, was asked if they concerned her that he so often gambled. she said, heavens no, he always often wins. usually he did. sometimes he lost but usually you could find a way of getting out of it. he could win something back or assuage a debt. on the mantle, we have a tantalus. this is a kit to be used in a carriage. it contains several decanters , a number of glasses, all in a little metal frame. he carried it in his coach and it would be filled with any number of beverages. we know from receipts that he enjoyed a number of good beverages -- sherry, port, and he was a kentuckian, so he drank bourbon. clay was criticized for these habits. anyone who thinks dirty campaigns are a new thing, need only look back to henry clay to see that is not the case. we have a great cartoon on the wall that shows a group of citizens throwing sticks and rocks at him. clay is standing opposite and has another man by the collar and that is his running mate. he was chosen because he was the -- not because he was the most famous or most qualified but he did not dual, d

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. >> lucretia garfield was a believer in rights when her husband james garfield was assassinated she returned to ohio and ensured its legacy by making their home in twin early version of a presidential library. chester arthur becomes president and his sister fills the role of first lady and establishes social etiquette used by future first lady's for decades. this sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image, examining the women who know the position of his lady and their influence on the presidency. sundays at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> one of his stumps included the center for strategic and international studies where he talked of relations with the u.s. and vietnam's role in global affairs. this is an hour. >> the general secretary was born, study literature at vietnam university and obtain a graduate degree from the ho chi minh national academy of political and public administration. early on he began to work for the communist review, a radical and political organ of the communist party, the vietnamese cent

. >> this week on first ladies, influence and ladies influence and image, lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. an educated woman in the believer in woman's rights husband was assassinated. she returned to ohio and insured's legacy by making their home into an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur a widower becomes president, and his sister, mary sister mary arthur mcelroy fills the role first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. lucretia garfield mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night at eight pm eastern on c-span2 original series first ladies, influence and image amazing thing the women who fill the position and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern american history tv on c-span2. >> next from chicago florida senator and republican presidential candidate marco rubio talk about economic policy and the use of technology to foster job creation. he takes questions he takes questions about immigration, healthcare, and the national debt. this too

. >> this week on first ladies, we learn about lucretia garfield. she was an educated woman and a believer and women's rights. when her husband was assassinated, she returned to ohio and a short his legacy by making their home into an early version of the presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president, and his sister fills the role of first lady. she establishes white house social etiquette. lucretia garfield and mary arthur this sunday night on a pm eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, examining the women who filled the role of first lady and their influence on the presidency -- from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house congressional hearings and news conferences, bringing you events that shape public policy. every morning, washington journal's live with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. and your comments my phone facebook, and twitter. created by america's cable companies and brought to

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy this sunday night at 8:00 p.m.astern on c-span's original series, first ladies: influence and image. from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. washington journal continues. greta wodele brawner: we are back. here to talk about the fiscal health of the states in this country is eileen norcross. she is state and local policy project erector at george mason university's mercatus center out with a new report looking at the ranking of which states are doing the best and worst. let's talk about what categories you looked at to determine who is doing the best and worst. eileen norcross: we ranked them based on their own financial reports and we looked at short and long-term. the short term is does the state have enough cash to pay short-term bills? budgetary solvency is looking at revenues matching expenses. that there is a measure of liabilities and assets. service-level solvency look set the ratio of taxes to total state personal income. lastly i look at tr

lucretia garfield was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights. her husband was assassinated, she returned to ohio and in short his legacy by making their home into a version of a presidential library. chester author becomes president, and his sister fills the role of first lady. she establishes one social etiquette. this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "first ladies: influence and image," from martha washington to michelle obama, sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on >> next, the ceremony in south carolina removing the confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. then a discussion on islamic extremism. after that, josh earnest talks with reporters about the resignation of the office of personnel management director and other news of the day. >> with the crowd chanting usa south carolina highway patrol officers removed the confederate h carolina statehouse. governor nikki haley was in attendance. she signed the bill into law on thursday to remove the flag. with her work family members of the nine people shot and killed inside the historic african-americ

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. >> on "first lady's," we learn about lucretia garfield. lucretia garfield, was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights. when her husband, president james garfield was assassinated, she returned to ohio and made their home into an early version of a presidential library. chester arthur, it would work becomes president -- a widower because president and his sister-in-law but comes first lady. she establishes etiquette that is used by white house ladies for decades. c-span's original series "first lady's" examine the women and their influence on the white house from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. >> the ceremony in south carolina removing the commit -- and the confederate flag. a discussion on islamic extremism in the middle east and south asia. after that, press secretary josh earnest talks with reporters about the resignation of the office of personnel management director and other news of the day. >> with the crowd chanting "usa" highway patrol officers removed the c

lucretia mott and elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. anthony.ut a fourth woman is every bit as deserving to be carved into that white marble lucy stone. she was equally dedicated to the women's rights movement as were these three women and also a celebrated passionate -- for the antislavery movement. her absence from the monument says volumes about how we tell her history and whom we celebrate. tonight i want to choose a lucy at least temporarily into that marble. i decided to write a biography of lucy stone after he completed a book on the seneca falls movement and the 19th century women's rights movement rate editor at oxford commented that i seem to enjoy writing about people and should consider a biography. lucy stone immediately came to mind. for many gears in my teaching i talk about and use lucy stone as an example of not only a great woman but also how often we leave important people out of our past. so i plunged in losing -- using lucy's correspondents convince reports and widespread newspaper coverage that she generated. what was espec

. >> this week on first ladies influence and damage, lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. an educated woman and a believer in woman's rights when her husband president james garfield was assassinated she returned to ohio and insured his legacy. chester arthur a widower becomes pres. and his sister mary arthur mcelroy fills the role of first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span original series first ladies influence and damage examining the women who fill the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >> congressman bobby scott is the democrat on the house education committee. we talked about the effort to revise the no child behind law and other education issues. issues. this is a half hour. >> joining us now representative bobby scott and ranking member of the educational workforce committee. >> thank you for coming by. we start on the future your thoughts not

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. "first ladies: influence and image."mining the first ladies and their influence on the presidency, from martha washington to michelle obama. american history tv on c-span3. announcer: washington journal continues. host: we are back with senator mark warner, democrat from virginia. you are here to talk about the gig economy. how big is it? guest: the gig economy -- not everybody agrees with the term. where there it is called the on demand economy, sharing economy. think of the idea of someone who is a uber driver for some of the time, ambien be. it is two or three revenue streams coming together to form a type of employment. some of this is coming about after the recession because people lost their 9-to-5 jobs and had to cobble together a variety of resources. smillennials have bumped my age group off the stage and are now 3 million strong. they are doing this by choice. they do not want to work nine to five, cobbling together these new type of employment sources. it is the fastest-growing part of the whole economy. there

we learned about lucretia garfield she was an educated woman and a believer in women's rights when her husband president james garfield was assassinated she returned to ohio and insured's legacy by making an early version of a presidential library. chester arthur, a widower becomes president and his sister feels the role of first lady and establishes a white house social etiquette. this sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's original series, examining the women who fill the position of first lady for martha washington to michelle obama. >> in a recent referendum greek voters rejected bailout terms. they will temporarily close their banks while leaders consider ending their use of the euro currency. greases prime minister addressed the parliament asking for a bailout on more favorable terms. you will also hear from members of the european parliament. this part of the debate is an hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [applause] prime minister tsipras: thank you very much, mr. president. president, and esteemed members it is an honor to address you today and the democr

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we learn about lucretia garfield. she was an educated woman and a blevertpwhreefer women's rights. when her husband was assassinated she returned to ohio and made their home into an early version over the presidential library. chester arthur becomes president and his sister fills the role of first lady and establishes white house social etiquette used by future first ladies for decades. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image." from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. american history tv on c-span 3. >> thursday in the u.s. house, leadership pulled the environment and spending bill from the floor following a disagreement that would allow the current national park services follows stand which allows national cemeteries that to decorate the greys of civil war veterans with confederate flags. here are the washings against the amente amendment. >> i have an amendment at the desk. for what purposes does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> the cl

lucretia gar lead and mcarture mcadams. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> next a look at recent action taken by the epa and their potential impact.al" from washington journal, this is 40 minutes. >> a freshman member at this point, representative bruce wester westerman, a member of the spice science and technology i committee. before we start talking about policy and legislation, i want to talk a little bit about your for background particularly, your biosays you're a forester by trade. >> yes.e. i did my undergraduate work in engineering and then i went back to graduate school in forestry ent to and did a lot of work in the signed forest products industry and renewable energy.nk we >> i think we all have a . perception of what a forester is. what do you define as far as how it works?reet >> when i was in forestry school, there was a gentleman there he was a medical doctor. he was actually a doctor in the larg med school and he had a large piece of forestland in his family and he wanted to retire ge the forest a

lucretia garfield and mary arthur mcelroy. this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image. examining the women who filled the position of first lady from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern. american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house, congressional hearings, and news conferences. bringing you events that shape public policy. and every morning, "washington journal" is live with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists, and your comments by phone, facebook, and twitter. c-span, created by america's cable companies and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> the u.s. house has been in a break before starting legislative work for the day. and just a few moments, live here on c-span. a busy day is expected ahead. members will be considering a number of bills, including ones on education and the environment. later on, votes on amendments to the interior and e.p.a.