mrs. havermeyer into the world of the impressionist and and mrs. havermeyer because of her husband's wealth and sugar empire began buying impressiont paintings when they were very inexpensive. she bought monet, manet, all of them, which now constitute the great collection at the metropolitan museum. >> rose: there's a great manet exhibition. >> so she brought back her treasures from paris. elizabeth blackwell, the first woman to become an american physician, again, one of the bravest people i've ever had t good fortune to write about. andhen there were people like louis gchuck, the first american ever to perform on stage solo in paris ever. and he did it at age 15. >> rose: paris was what it was as a city of life and romance, but also france was a place that appreciated art morethan most. >> yes, and appreciated the theater more than most and appreciated the opera more than most. and several of these young americans right away saw that. they... that the performances that were happening on stage were so much better than what they saw back home. not j