it was my privilege to know her. >> roselyn carter you've had 33 years post presidency, the longest in history now and you and president carter have been very active. what do you think your legacy, first of all, as first lady is? or what would you like it to be? >> well i hope my legacy continues more than just first lady. because carter, always been integral part of our life, fighting disease, bringing hope, i hope i have contributed some to mental health issue and see helped improve a little bit, the lives of people living with mental illnesses, but i also hope, i mean i have had great opportunities for so long now and to go to africa, had programs in 77 other countries, we'd go to africa two or three times a year and to go to those villages and now things are coming to fruition, we've been working on all these years, like almost eradicated guinea worm, to go to a village where there is no longer guinea worm, it is a celebration. one of the good things is we don't give money to the government. we send people in to teach, to help people in that country how to do something. and we work

. >> you're watching american history tv where you're listening to roselyn carter in her own words. you'll hear her congressional testimony from 2011 as a former first lady, still advocating for her special causes. >> we're honored to have with us today, former first lady roselyn carter. we're all familiar with ms. carter's tireless advocacy an longside her husband, president carter. she is a advocate for care givers andmental health issues here at home. she is president of the roselyn care center for caring a university where she leads the institutes effort to promote the bell-being of family care takers throughout the country. he is an inspiration for many and a legend in her own right. >> i'm very pleased to be here this afternoon to speak about care giving, an issue very important to me. it's been part of my life since i was 12 years old and my father was diagnosed with leukemia at age 44, we lived in a small town, all the neighbors rallied around. but i still vividly remember going to my secret hiding place, the outdoor privy to cry. that's where i could be alone. i was the old

we're honored to have with us today former first lady roselyn carter. we're all familiar with ms. carter's tireless. advocacy alongside her husband president carter. on behalf of human rights and conflict resolution around the world she is also a dedicated advocate for caregivers and mental health issues here at home. mrs. carter as president of the rosalind carter institute for caregiving at georgia southwestern state university where she leads the institutes efforts to promote the well-being of family caregivers throughout our country. she is an inspiration for many and a legend in her own, right? i'm very pleased to be here this afternoon to speak about caregiving an issue. that is very important to me. it's been part of my life since i was 12 years old and my father was diagnosed with leukemia at age 44. we lived in a very small town and all the neighbors rallied around but i still vividly remember going to my secret hiding place. the outdoor privia if you can believe that to cry. that's why i could be alone. i was the oldest child. and i felt the burden of needing to help care

we'll feature first ladies, ladybird johnson, betty ford, roselyn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch first ladies, in their own words, saturdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. since c-span was founded in 1979, historian and author richard northen smith participated in many programs and projects, as well as on book tv, c-span sat down with him for nearly eight hours to get his insights on american history, popular culture, good books, and more. up next, the last part of that conversation which focuses on bob dole, the catholic church and the abraham lincoln presidential library. >> how did you get introduced to bob dole and how long did you work for him and what was he doing at the time? >> well i can tell you exactly. i remember it vividly. i was working for ed brooke in boston, former senator, writing speeches and i mean, you didn't have to be a genius, i knew we were not going to win in '78. he had be

we'll feature first ladies, ladybird johnson, betty ford, roselyn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch first ladies, in their own words, saturdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. since c-span was founded in 1979, historian and author richard

snooze and c-span's online video library, we'll feature first ladies ladybird johnson, betty ford, roselyn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch "first ladies in their own words," saturdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app wherever you get your podcasts. >> hi everyone i'm sydney yager, programs koord fwhart at museum of jewish heritage, living memorial to the holocaust, now committed to to the crucial mission of educating community about jewish heritage before and after the holocaust, meant to illuminate the stories of survivors, broaden stories of hate and antisemitism through time and stories of resistance against injustice. today we'll be discussing the book, "the boy who drew auschwitz" a story of hope and survival, tells the story of thomas eve, a 92-year-old holocaust survivor from germany. in 1933, were deported, and left to defend for himself in the camp of auschwitz one, thomas experienced the worst of nazi cruelty but he never gave up the wi

snooze and c-span's online video library, we'll feature first ladies ladybird johnson, betty ford, roselyn cartercy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump. watch "first ladies in their own words," saturdays at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app wherever you get your podcasts. >> hi everyone i'm sydney yager, programs koord fwhart at museum j

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we'll feature first ladies ladybird johnson, betty ford, roselyn carter, nancy reagan, laura bush, michelle obama and melania trump, watch first ladies in their own words, saturdays 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts . >> there are a lot of places to get political information, but only at c-span do you get it straight from the source. no matter where you are from or where you stand on the issues, c-span is america's network. unfiltered, unbiassed, word for word. if it happens here or here, or here, or anywhere that matters, america is watching on c-span powered by cable. >> ahoy, mates. and welcome to the nice great lives presentation on america's parents. the talk is sponsored by the bakers chesapeake who we are grateful to the general support the

. >> featuring betty ford, roselyn carter, nancy reagan, hillary clinton, laura bush, michelle obama and milania trump watch first ladies in their own words, saturdays, 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2 or listen to the series as a podcast on the c-span now mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> let me tell you about our speaker this evening, dr. allen petrabond is assistant professor global affairs at trinity washington university, since 2011, served also as assistant director of research at the nuclear studies institute and his primary research and teaching areas are modern u.s. history and u.s. foreign policy, focusing on nuclear weapons policy and see cold war diplomacy, but he also believes in making education more accessible to people outside of universities so worths to give public presentations on wide-ranging topics like the cultural impacts of trips throughout american history, the rise of the american suburbs, gilded age, the history of dining and food in the u.s. or like this one, how the 1929 world's fair envisioned the future. allen will be back with us on january