as maureen beasley told before anybody else did, her friends -- she was the first person to announce that the white house was going to serve 3.2% beer. so what she is very, and she drank. she loved a good -- sort of scary what you know about people. she was painfully personally aware of how alcohol could exacerbate human frailty. and so she will write columns later on, you know, moderation and a question and answer columns, should my daughter drink, should my something. she's not saying don't drink. she's just saying be careful, watch what it does, and don't fall in love with a bottle. does that answer your question? [inaudible] >> no. no, no, no. pay, and, yes. >> you mentioned a couple of times the midpoint of going about eleanor roosevelt wasn't perfect so i was wondering if you could elaborate on what you about some of her flaws were. thank you. [laughter] >> you know, you're supposed to be my friend. there's sometimes when you want somebody that you admire so much who sees it and wants to speak out against something to go ahead and do it. and to say to your husband, the presiden

here is maureen beasley. >> good morning. i am the education specialist at the roosevelt presidential library and museum and on behalf of the fdr presidential library museum welcome you in our audience, those of you at home watching on c-span to the tenth annual roosevelt reading festival. franklin roosevelt's plan for the library to become a premier research institution for the study of the roosevelt era, the library's research room is one of the busiest of all the presidential libraries and this year's group of authors reflect a wide variety of research done here. let me go over the format for the festival's concurrent sessions. at the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk followed by a 10 minute question and answer period of. than the authors go to the new deal store where you can purchase books and have them sign them. at the top of the next hour the process repeats itself again. today's attendees can visit the exciting program exhibit in the presidential library museum free of charge. ask one of ou