mrs. hoover had stayed so far away from the fresh that black had been forced to bribe a male colleague to reveal details of mrs. hoover's daily schedule so black could write an article for women's magazine. doug mitchell colleague who was brought and had to snoop around a secret servicemen and report back to black, similarly thurmond reported to dressing up in a single girl scout uniform and sneaking into the white house to cover a christmas party that mrs. hoover gave for a scout troop. you can see that the idea of the lenore meeting openly with women journalists was very welcome to a good number of washington women. with the greatest of pleasure thurmond and black were among the 35 who gathered for a lenore's press conference on march 6, 1933. they had a nervous first lady who knew the white house staff was very undignified to meet with the press, explain why she intended to hold a conference. the idea of making an understanding from the white house to the general public, eleanor told them in a

mrs. hoover had state so far away from the press that black had been forced to bribe a male colleague to reveal some details of mrs. hoover's daily schedule so blac black could write an are for women's magazine. and the male colleague who's bribed and had to snoop around among the secret service men and report back to black. similarly, firm and had to resort to dressing up in a girl scout uniform and sneaking into the white house. to cover a christmas party that mrs. hoover gave for a scout troop. you can see that the idea of eleanor meeting openly with women journalists was very welcome to a good number of these washington women. .. as what goes on politically in the legislative national life and also what the social and personal life is at the white house. now, it must have been so gratifying for these women who were paid less than male journalists and generally looked down on actually to be told that they were important and had a political role in washington which is a place that revolves arou

coolidge and mrs. hooverried to do inventories of the white house she kid the first -- she did the first inventory i'm aware of. and her vision of the historic nature of the white house and its collections and her campaigns for the betterment of women were very important but not picked up on in her own time. >> here's one from facebook, what modern day first laity would caroline compare most to? >> dare i say rosalind carter who was a quiet first lady but was very busy trying to do worthy things? i guess, you know, -- >> betty ford and her -- >> less public -- betty ford was awfully public -- not awfully but public. ms. carter wasn't. >> she was a much quieter, more behind the scenes kind of person but i also -- i want to say jacqueline kennedy in the sense [inaudible] next week, ida mckinley will be the final first lady in our first season of first laities, taking us into the new century and we look forward to seeing you then. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning

spent the myth of workers buried in the hoover dam have to be without its greatest mr. and i would argue american myth. because since the completion of hoover dam in 1935, as people visit that, millions of tourists asked the tour guides, where are the men buried in the concrete? it's not true. but people want to believe it is true. the question is, did people die on the dan? 112 meant officially died. it was a dangerous project. but nobody was buried there. and the question is why not? well, for one of the first things is, it's a construction of law. to leave a body and a damn, it could break. at the same time the way the dam was built the wasn't a monolithic foe, a felon, got to leave them there. it was by small seconds. you could pull anybody out if you have to. man was buried but he was dug out for purposes of not undermining the dance construction but at the same time there's a list of anybody. the federal government, the two newspapers, all collaborating to cover up men were buried in the dam. and i've heard, another concrete dam. i think the story goes this way. th

mr. gregory profiles five women who lived in the soviet gulag during the 1930s and '40s. it's a little over an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i'm not paul gregory. i'm mark harrison, i'm a hoover fellow, hoover research fellow. welcome to the concluding session of this year's hoover institution workshop on totalitarian regimes. every year the workshop gathers some of the most promising and best historians from around the world for two weeks to work in the rich holdings of the archives, and the workshop is led by mr. gregory who's this afternoon's speaker. for some of you, paul will need no introduction. for others, he's a leading economist and historian of russia under communist rule. among economists, he's a rarity. all economists work with theoretical models and statistical data. paul is one of the few who understands the power of the story. and among paul's most celebrated publications are books that tell stories. his book, "lenin's brain," is a collection of stories from the hoover archives that range from the grim to the comic and curious. his book "politics, murder and love in stalin's kremlin" is a poignant story of nikolai and anna -- [inaudible] today paul will talk t

mrs. wilson was called little bo peep, then as now presidency involved theater. >> holman: he also acquainted us with some of the once-leading lights laid to rest here. >> well among the stars: there's j. edgard hoover and john phillip sousa, who's regularly serenaded here. there's a whole host of quasi historical celebrities: belva lockwood ran in 1884. >> holman: when she couldn't vote got 4,000 votes, from sympathetic men. preston brooks, who beat charles sumner on the floor of the senate. you think partisan bickering is bad now. >> holman: beyond that, richard said this quiet place recalls a timeless majesty now all but lost. >> there are no red states or blue states in here. doesn't matter if you have skins tickets it all winds up here in ultimate form of democracy. >> holman: the goats are above partisan rancor. when we arrived, the goats were on their break. >> these are not union goats! we have 58 goats here today. they'll be grazing for about six days on 1.6 acres at a cost of about $4,000. >> holman: and in bottom-line- conscious washington, these billies come in under budget. >> but if you break it down, it's about 25 cents per goat, per hour, below minimum wage, but it's all you can eat!