she took over after woodrow wilson's stroke, enabling him to remain in office. d he resigned, the u.s. probably would have joined the league of nations, subject to certain conditions" you also write, "regardless of whether edith wilson had an effect on international relations, her actions almost certainly changed american constitutional law. her assumption of power during woodrow wilson's illness was well-known to the drafter of the 25th amendments on presidential succession." this is a part i wanted to go to. edith wilson did not use the power of presidential spouse, edith wilson did not use the power of presidential spouse, you're referring to, as constructively as she might have. most notably, she made no effort to model better relations between the races and indeed, might have encouraged her husband's racism. susan swain: her personal style however did warm up woodrow's stern image in the public eye and her leadership during world war i, knitting selling bonds, working in a canteen, provided a good a role model for american women in wartime. so, wrap a bow ar

sounded dignified enough, so with his family's permission he dropped his first name and went by woodrow wilson. back here are pictures of his maternal grandparents, thomas wilson. at princeton, he was president of princeton and governor of new jersey. he was always examining the rules, the bylaws, the constitution, and trying to improve it. as president, some of the first things he did had economic impact. he established under his administration the federal reserve act, setting up a system of national banking, the clayton antitrust act, which took the antitrust laws farther than they had gone in previous acts. he enacted under his watch labor laws, child labor laws, and also railroad worker laws, the eight hour day was established. the child labor laws had to do with the age limits on children working in factories. previously, they had no effect and there were no checks and balances on that. it had been coming along before, but the amendment that made senators elected directly by the people rather than by state legislatures was ratified by wilson in 1913. one thing that is important as histori

we are certain that was impaired his name was, woodrow wilson.ped his first name after he started law school at the university of virginia because he felt that one day he would become an important political figure. he thought he would be a senator at that time, but he did not think that tommy wilson sounded dignified enough, so with his family's permission he dropped his first name and went by woodrow wilson. back here are pictures of his maternal grandparents, woodrow thomas wilson. at princeton, he was president of princeton and governor of new jersey. he was always examining the rules, the bylaws, the constitution, and trying to improve it. as president, some of the first things he did had economic impact. he established under his administration the federal reserve act, setting up a system of national banking, the clayton antitrust act, which took the antitrust laws farther than they had gone in previous acts. he enacted under his watch labor laws, child labor laws, and also railroad worker laws, the eight hour day was established. the child l

campaign, because woodrow wilson is for the common man. republicans are for the .ealthiest 1% somehow those tropes have not changed in the last 100 years. we have 1.4 million items in the collection, so there are plenty of treasures out there to be discovered. the great thing is that with new technology, not only the ability to preserve the older films on newer from stock, but we have a lot more technology available to digitize the film and make them available for people. nowe known about the film, we have ways of getting it out there for people to see. >> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history. and scheduleon programs and to keep up with the latest history news. >> people be hitting people in the head. >> i don't think other people and america could take this stuff. what you think about the police? they ate nothing but cakes, man. they picked me up because i was not in school. they said, i'm going to take you to the pig cage. i said

c-span: woodrow wilson was president of princeton at one point? >> guest: he was president before he was president of the united states. c-span: did you know who he was, and did you know what you were getting into before you got there? >> guest: i knew who he was, but i had no idea what i was getting into. my first year at princeton i was scared to death. all the people around me had come from, i thought, the best prep schools in the united states. in those days princeton was about two-thirds prep school and one-third high school. today it's about the reverse. i went through 11 years of school before going to college which was georgia in those days, and all these other guys, i

woodrow wilson a bit of a reappraisal. they have this mix of incredible progressive record in the white house, especially the first term statesman during world war i but also a richer great attitude towards race relations in america. but it's a great allen street and ultimately one appreciates the progressive moment the woodrow wilson most certainly take advantage of to the benefit of american might be a great single volume biography of woodrow wilson. this book, 13 eighth of september by lawrence wright, i love this because it humanizes diplomacy. attacks about the camp david accords and the 13 days in amherst to god and jimmy carter spent together, not always harmonious late at camp david and how the process worked out. personality, history, fear, anxiety, stress, ms. truss, the role of interlocutor. jimmy carter put a lot on the table including his own reputation and it worked in the camp david accord remains the only lasting peace accord in the middle east and jimmy carter deserves a lot of credit as to the other parti

represented by woodrow wilson, who is the champion of the common man.nd the film actually ends with a plea for people to send one dollar to the democratic national committee on behalf of of the woodrow wilson campaign because woodrow wilson is for the common man, the republicans are for the wealthiest 1%. have notthough strokes changed in the last 100 years. we have 1.4 million items in the collection. there are plenty of treasures out there to be discovered. and the great thing is with new technology that we have, not only the ability to preserve these older films on film stock, but we have a lot more technology available to digitize the film and make them available for people. we have known about the film. now have ways of getting it out there for people to see. film we first sound have featuring a president is calvin coolidge talking about economic policy. it is not the most scintillating film in the world, but it is fascinating to see him, this very early sound technology. speaking to the camera about policy. talk isaring silent -- amusing in and of

most americans think of woodrow wilson as a great idealist. d they're often, that's infused, both with respect and also with a little bit of contempt, that he was a great idealist. do you think wilson was a great idealist? >> yes, i do. and i think you needed great idealists them, and we probably need them now. i mean, this view that we can muddle along, you know, each nation in a dog-eat-dog world, i don't think it's going to work. i think the consequences can be so dreadful that we need to think of other ways. . perhaps this is a canadian view because we are such a small power. but we see cooperation with other nations as a way for security and safety in the world. and, you know, conflicts on the scale of the first world war, much less the second world war, and le's hope there'll never be that scale again, are so damaging to us all that i think it's actually not idealistic to try and build ways of preventing that. it's very practical. >> he's often viewed as idealistic, because when he comes back to the u.s., he refuses to compromise. >> yeah

woodrow wilson is a democratic candidate.theodore roosevelt is running in the bull moose party. is produced by the democratic national committee. called "the old way and the new." it opens up with this very rich, fact plutocrat, who comes into his office, where one of his flunkies is dusting off portraits of theodore roosevelt and william howard taft. they are grouped in this together. as an example of the old way of doing things. and so, he's got lots of money, and he is dispensing favors. and there is all sorts of bribes and political corruption taking on. they were contrasted with the new way of doing things, represented by woodrow wilson, who's the champion of the common man. the film ends with a plea for people to send $1.00 to the democratic national committee on behalf of the woodrow wilson campaign, because woodrow wilson is for the common man. republicans are for the wealthiest 1%. tropes have not changed in the last 100 years. we have 1.4 million items in the collection. s there are plenty of treasures out thereo to

scott bird wrote this biography of woodrow wilson. also reappraisal. wilson had this mix of incredible progress of record in the white house especially in his first term statesman during world war i but also certainly at retrograde attitude toward race relations in america but it is agreed balanced read and one that appreciates that progressive moment that would grow wilson certainly took advantage of to the benefit of america, great single volume biography of woodrow wilson. this book 13 days in september by lawrence wright i love this book because it humanizes diplomacy. it talks about the camp david accord in the 13 days and jimmy carter, spent time together not always harmonious lee encamp david and how the process worked out, personally, history, fears, and anxiety stresses, distress the role of interlocutor by jimmy carter he put a lot on the table including his own reputation. and it worked. camp david accord to this day remains the only lasting peace accord in the middle east. jimmy carter deserves a lot of the credit. if you want to see how a

wilson inor woodrow 1916 even though he was a republican, he voted for him has he believed in wilson's pledge to keep the united states out of the war. in april of 1917, woodrow wilson asked congress to declare war on germany. he was one of -- only six senators to oppose the war. he was concerned that only munitions makers, profiteers with benefits from the, that the people would suffer through the loss of loved ones in the military. he was concerned that the government was not telling the people the hurt -- full cost of the war. his concern was the oppression of civil liberties. in 1917, congress passed the espionage act. that bill had nothing to do it espionage. it was not about spying, it was about suppressing opposition to the war. newspapers could be shut down, and were shut down as a result. people were jailed for their criticism of the war. believed that the bill of rights was not repealed because the united states is at war. september 20th, 1917 was a critical turning point for him. he gave a speech in st. paul, minnesota, after the meeting, bob lafollette was critical of the w

his name was thomas woodrow wilson, he only dropped his first name after he started to law school at the university of virginia. because he felt that one day he would become an important political figure he thought at that time he would be a senator. but he didn't think that tommy wilson sounded dignified enough, so with his family's permission he dropped his first name and just went by woodrow. woodrow being his mother's maiden name. back here are pictures of his maternal grandparents, thomas woodrow, for whom he was named his grandfather, his grandfather marion woodrow. woodrow was a great reformer interested in, even from childhood, translating into his career as president and governor, and then president of the united states come he was always examining the rules, the bylaws, the constitution. and trying to improve it. as president, some of the first things he did were to have economic impact, he established the federal reserve act, setting up a system of national banking. the clayton antitrust act, which took the antitrust laws farther than they had gone in previous acts. he ena

a statue of president woodrow wilson was moved as well. confederate symbols a point of contention for several years and it's heated up since the charlston church shooting. >> the civil war is something that happens in our history that an awful thing and it should be remembered but not in a way that honors some of the participants. >> the sons of confederate veterans tried to stop university from moving the davis statue. they say they'll continue to fight to have it return. >>> one college is trying to lighten the load for its students by getting rid of textbooks. the university of maryland university college is reducing the cost of books to zero. college officials say students can get reading materials and videos online at no cost. meanwhile, other schools in the state like the university of baltimore say that while umuc' as croche may be a growing trend, it's not something that all colleges or courses are willing to do.

and then there was woodrow wilson. a brilliant scholar with high ideas but temp rament alley and judgmentally sustained leadership at the presidential level. wilson was a prime example of a type all too familiar in public life, a self-proclaimed progressive. he doesn't really like people very much. his conceit, his conviction that he was always the smartest guy in the room and his particular version of a presbyterian god had chosen him as a unique messenger. in fact, it's one thing to recognize god. it's another thing to think you're god. woodrow wilson had that problem. all of that rendered him unable to cope as part of the presidency. it was a problem that ronald reagan emphatically did not. i remember fdr referring to al smith as the hope warrior. i think ronald reagan was the happy cold warrior. he fought the cold war but he was not a belligerent man. he was a man of strong principles with a moderate personality in the sense of -- he was close to people instead of being closed to people. which is why he was able to

woodrow wilson had that problem. all that rendered him unable to code with everyday parts of the presidency. it was a problem that ronald reagan emphatically did not have. the title for me speech was i remembered fdr referring to al smith as the happy war yar. i think ronald reagan was the happy cold warrior. he fought the cold war, but he was not a%jwuz ledgeant, negati man. he was a man of strong conservative principals, but he had a moderate personality in the sense of not being closed to -- he was close to people instead of being closed to people. which was why he was able to reach out to people politically. who haven't voted for -- it is not a coincidence that a whole new political term entered the vocabulary, reagan democrat. starting in the '80s. at any rate, those were some of the things that made it possible for him to do what he did. a review just ran in the washington times a few days ago, tuesday, about abraham lincoln. but lincoln was a master of the words. in fact, i entitled the review abraham lincoln,

and then there was woodrow wilson. a brilliant scholar with high ideas but temp rament alley and judgmentally sustained leadership at the presidential level. wilson was a prime example of a type all too familiar in public life, a self-proclaimed progressive. he doesn't really like people very much. his conceit, his conviction that he was always the smartest guy in the room and his particular version of a presbyterian god had chosen him as a unique messenger. in fact, it's one thing to recognize god. it's another thing to think you're god. woodrow wilson had that problem. all of that rendered him unable to cope as part of the presidency. it was a problem that ronald reagan emphatically did not. i remember fdr referring to al smith as the hope warrior. i think ronald reagan was the happy cold warrior. he fought the cold war but he was not a belligerent man. he was a man of strong principles with a moderate personality in the sense of -- he was close to people instead of being closed to people. which is why he was able to

and then there was woodrow wilson. a brilliant scholar with high ideas but temp rament alley and judgmentally sustained leadership at the presidential level. wilson was a prime example of a type all too familiar in public life, a self-proclaimed progressive. he doesn't really like people very much. his conceit, his conviction that he was always the smartest guy in the room and his particular version of a presbyterian god had chosen him as a unique messenger. in fact, it's one thing to recognize god. it's another thing to think you're god. woodrow wilson had that problem. all of that rendered him unable to cope as part of the presidency. it was a problem that ronald reagan emphatically did not. i remember fdr referring to al smith as the hope warrior. i think ronald reagan was the happy cold warrior. he fought the cold war but he was not a belligerent man. he was a man of strong principles with a moderate personality in the sense of -- he was close to people instead of being closed to people. which is why he was able to

scott berg wrote this wonderful out of it woodrow wilson, also a bit of a reappraisal. ad this mix of incredible progressive record in the white house, especially in his first term. statesmen during world war i but also certainly a retrograde attitude towards race relations in america. but it's a great balance to read and ultimately one that appreciates sort of that progressive moment that woodrow wilson most certainly to good vantage of to the benefit of america mib. great single biography of woodrow wilson. is book 13 days in september by lawrence wright, i love this book because it humanizes diplomacy. it talks about the camp david accords into 13 days anwar sadat and president beijing and -- president menachem begin and jimmy carter spent at camp david and other process worked out. personalities, history, theories, anxiety, stress is mistrust the role of interlocutor by the president jimmy carter. jimmy carter put a lot on the table including his own reputation. and it worked. and the camp david accord to this day remains the only lasting peace accord in the middle e

number of world leaders even, but all kinds of political leaders, i guess the most prominent being woodrow wilson came out here to give brian support when he was trying to get the nomination for the 1912 convention which he did give him support. there were a lot of people international and national leaders that would come stop by and see him at this home. right now, we are in the lower level which is really the main activity of the family took place he goes we are in the office area right now, and this and mary didn their work. it she was a very active partner in his career. very a combo's lady, valedictorian of her college class. got a law degree at the university of nebraska. could readman so she the european newspapers to see what they were saying about bryan. she was a very active participant in his political career. of thesk is a replica desk that was in his study. you can see the two chairs, bryan sat in one chair, mary sat and the other which reflected the team they were in his political career. there are a couple telephones over there that i would point out. at the time, there were two in

also, a look at woodrow wilson's second term as president from the time the u.s. first entered the war in 1917. >>> florence harding once said that she had only one hobby and that was warren harding. she was a significant force in her husband's presidency and adept at handling the media, despite hardships, scandals, her husband's infidelities, his death in office, as well as her own poor health, he would help define the role of the modern first lady. sunday night on first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of the women who filled 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 c-span3. >>> american history tv continues with more from our series, american artifacts. next, we go inside senator lamar alexander's office where the republican lawmaker talks about his public service and the stories behind some of his political mementos. later, a look at a reconstructed black smith forge on wheels built over the course of two years using plans from

the woodrow wilson international center for scholars hosted the event in 2006. it is a little under 90 minutes. with that, let me introduce our distinguished speaker, tsuyoshi hasegawa

from cleveland we jump over the progressive era, the era of teddy roosevelt and woodrow wilson, the high tide of american progressivism the 1912 election and we landed in the middle of the 1920s with calvin coolidge and andrew mellon. i submit to you that coolidge was the most successful conservative president in history and mellon was his key partner in that. let me explain why i say that. coolidge and mellon's record can boast several things. that reduce taxes, instituted significant tax reform, reduced the marginal income-tax rate from over 70 present to below 70% reduced federal regulation ignited a great economic boom and finally, this is most critical, they actually reduced the size of the federal government and that last point is the point that the first three points i things that could have been said about reagan's tenure, the last point was one of reagan's objectives, republicans cannot controlled congress, to reduce the size of the federal government but to do these things was a very successful president and popular president. one of the interesting concepts, not only believes

the woodrow wilson right. -- theodore wilson: right. the average educational level was seventh grade. and we now have mandated, at least graduation from high school. a lot of them also have other training. >> president eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex. this gentleman talked about the level of education and technical knowledge needed. but could you comment on the fact that in previous generations, there was a time when even that seventh grade r, that seventh grade education person would have been doing things like cooking, or noncombat, or construction, and that has been outsourced off the k books tobr -- also the books to kbr and halliburton, and other entities that are the industrial part of it? theodore wilson: that is a good point -- >> and how does that affect -- the fact that they are in so -- that they earned so much more than active-duty service members? theodore wilson: yes, that is one of the realities of over the last 25 or so years that has developed. we go back to colonial times when there were settler

which includes theater roosevelt and the great battles they had in the presidential election with woodrow wilson to be elected president that is a book called wilson and finally most recently of a trilogy by rebating, alleged witches say very engrossing story about calvin coolidge background and history. a man of not many words but she tells the story in the way that brings out all lot about him that people otherwise would not have known. >> all lots of the letters are funny. you wrote one about a terrorist named e. coli. >> a bacterial outbreak in european some people died. they gave it the name e coli and then some numbers. so i'm trying to get back to president clinton to read define terrorism review are worried about the lawsuit you better worry about viruses and bacteria. not just the ones that come from africa or asia we're dealing with mutations per you were a scientist, it is scary. if we don't get ready in time it could be like the influenza epidemic after world war i. he said how will i get to these people? i say one of the letter in the name of e coli to was sitting in a petri dish an

president woodrow wilson remarries edith wilson, and he suffers from a stroke, making her primary role as his companion and later guardian. she also became the first first lady to travel to europe. and edith wilson sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on seat -- on c-span's original series, first ladies coming influence and image. from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >> coming up next from washington journal, a look at the debate over immigration and where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on the issue. -- on the issue. . and then a discussion on the future of digital technology. >> "washington journal" continues. host: a discussion about immigration issues and campaign -- in campaign 2016. two guests joining us. mark krikorian of the center for immigration studies. of theli noorani national immigration forum. guest: so far, it is all immigration all the time. on the republican side, you have candidate trump driving the field to the extreme right, where you have a, in our opinion, disasters immigration policy. on the left, you have

. >> we also visited the home of 28 president, woodrow wilson. >> woodrow wilson moved to .ugusta whene was a child he moved to this house when he was three. was in november 1860 when he was four years old. he was standing at the front date outside the house -- front gate outside the house, and two men came by and said, abraham lincoln has been elected president, there will be a war. said, what did that mean, why are they so excited? we think it is remarkable that his very first memory was about another president, abraham lincoln, and another war, the civil war. of course, wilson would have to leave the country through world war i. >> see all of our programs from augusta today at 2:00 on c-span 3. twopollo, houston, i have messages for you. houston is good for docking. >> sounds good. ♪ >>

they sent it to every member of woodrow wilson's cabinet, to newspaper editors all over the country and then elizabeth herself went on a speaking tour, mostly to black churches around the country. i'd own thing she ever came back to texas. probably would have been unwise. and wase story blew up featured in the newspaper and on tv in waco twice while i was doing my research before my book came out. i have to give waco credit for this. unlike many other communities that have never confronted or dealt with or act knowledged their horrible racial past, the waco city council and county commissioners did issue some sort of resolution of regret, if not apology, and a group of citizens from all walks of life came and stood on the steps of the courthouse on the 90th anniversary and read a resolution of apology. that youry strongly cannot understand the present if you don't know what happened in the past. these things cannot be forgotten. you need to acknowledge it and understand it and no what happened. >> while the see center -- while the c-span city tour was in texas, we spoke with an author w

i propose to the board and we embrace the project and we rededicated the woodrow wilson monument in prague october 2011. when you go to prague, make sure prod, make sure to go to wilson station and see the monument to wilson. thank you. >> yes, i might also also mention that we also established a small monument to president harville in alumni square at georgetown university which is a very quiet little garden we have created with a chair in a table with a linden tree growing out of it which is the national tree. >> thank you all. >> thank you

they don't cover it up like woodrow wilson or anything like that. david pietrusza: but there could have been more sympathy generated for her because her life is so tremendously hard, take away the infidelities, but she comes from the richest family in town. she has to go and live -- elope with this fellow when she's pregnant at the time of the marriage or non-marriage as it was. and when she gets back to town, when she is abandoned, it is on christmas eve and she has to hitch a ride, beg a ride on a train on christmas eve to get home. david pietrusza: and even then she's afraid to go see her father and must break in to an abandoned home to spent the night and then sees her father and it's no, "no, i will not help you." and then finally a deal is brokered after quite a while that, "i will take your son but not you." this is like way down east. this is -- this is like d.w. griffith and lillian gish on the ice floe even with the christmas eve thing. this is -- this is real 19th central melodrama and it happened to her. and this is a very hard life. the

pedro woodrow wilson would stad - - president woodrow wilson would state that hunger breeds madness. in order to arrest the spread of disaster american aid needed to be injected if they -- if we used a medical metaphor, and inoculation to cure these at once. in the short-term, it might hurt but in the long term you receive greater protection. now, the essence of hoover's thinking and world war i and in world war ii is this -- if you give a man brad, he will not turn red. -- if you give a man bread. it did not turn out so well in soviet russia for hoover in the 1920's but his confidence in this formula of american aid provides a baseline of stability so that prosperity can be achieved. that formula he remains unflinchingly convinced up for the rest of his life and his disciples did, too. now, these ideas formed and world war i and they picked up again in world war ii, particularly when hitler's armies went on the rampage. and as soon as war broke out the second world war hoover's network reconstituted itself. they formed a second commission for relief in belgium. they formend a commis

. >> well, the first progressive democratic president, woodrow wilson, famously went off to the versailles conference with 14 points. the first of which was, open covenants. it boggled the mind that almost anyone can vote for this thing when they're really buying a pig in a poke because they have not been shown the documents. these same people in congress who said well, we can't tell you whether we're for or against the trade agreements yet because we haven't seen the final documents, these are people who are now preparing to sign onto something that they simply haven't seen. now, the state department spokesman we just saw suggested that what we saul national technical means of verification, satellites and other things, might be a substitute for more rigorous on-site inspection. if so, why were we negotiating so hard all the time about these? it doesn't square. >> and obviously you're talk about a country that hid facilities inside mountains. so they obviously had some history in the past judging by chuck what we know about their past they have to come clean about it as part of this deal.

so i proposed to the board, we embraced the project, and we rededicated the woodrow wilson monument inprague in october, 2011. when you go to prague, make sure to go to wilson station and see the monument to wilson. thank you. [applause] >> bob? >> yes, john. oh, yes. well, i might also mention that we also established a very small monument to president havel in the, in alumni square in georgetown, university, which is a very quiet little garden we've created with a chair and a table with a linden tree growing out of it which is the czech national tree. so -- >> well, thank you all so much. >> thank you, all. >> thank you, bob -- [applause] we have more up front. we'll do a signing right here, and thank you all so much for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> interested this american history? watch american history television on c-span3 every weekend. 48 hours of people and events that help document the american story. visit c-span.org/history for more information. >> in an upstairs room in the capitol, senator ted kennedy slammed his hand down on the table with a force that shook the

then that -- the one that nominated woodrow wilson went 46 ballots. it had drama, it lasted a week, and she went there. and william jennings bryan was going to introduce a resolution attacking president taft and he withdrew it, because he said i don't want to embarrass the first lady by having her become political while she's sitting in the gallery. jane hampton cook: and that's an only for her. i mean, the first -- she was the only first lady to attend the opposite political party division. susan swain: i cannot imagine that happening today, can you? jane hampton cook: no. susan swain: among her firsts, again, she was the first to donate her inaugural gown to the smithsonian and started that practice, which is now the most popular exhibit in the smithsonian exhibition. she brought automobiles to the white house and, in fact, in a commercial venture, which we actually don't have time to tell that story, the first first lady to publish her memoirs and, as we said earlier, the first first lady along with her husband to be buried at arlington cemetery. o

he earned woodrow wilson's eternal hatred when he passed the bill to tax the president's salary after that. it makes you almost want to forgive him, doesn't it echo not quite, -- doesn't it? not quite, though. we are looking at two enormous challenges in particular today. a huge debt that is dragging us down. and a tough global competition that is racing ahead. this committee will make the reforms that we need to do to make this country great, to move our country ahead. the questions we face are really simple. will we shape the world economy or will it shape us? on the home front, do we control our budget or does it control us? i will leave you with this -- every question of ways and means committee is also a question of aims and and's -- ends. you look at our history -- first, we argued over tariffs. then we argued over the income tax. now we argue over all sorts of things. on the surface, the issues look different. but at the core, they are the same. who pays? how much do they pay? what do we discourage? what do we reward? on the surface, they seem like technical issues. things like

also look at woodrow wilson's second term as president from the time the u.s. first entered the war in 1917. >>> florence harding once said she had only one hobby and that was warren harding. she was a significant force in her

. >> well, the first progressive democratic president, woodrow wilson, famously went off to the versaillesnce with 14 points. the first of which was, open covenants. it boggled the mind that almost anyone can vote for this thing when they're really buying a pig in a poke because they have not been shown the documents. these same people in congress who said well, we can't tell you whether we're for or against the trade agreements yet because we haven't seen the final documents, these are people who are now preparing to sign onto something that they simply haven't seen. now, the state department spokesman we just saw suggested that what we saul national technical means of verification, satellites and other things, might be a substitute for more rigorous on-site inspection. if so, why were we negotiating so hard all the time about these? it doesn't square. >> and obviously you're talk about a country that hid facilities inside mountains. so they obviously had some history in the past judging by chuck what we know about their past they have to come clean about it as part of this deal. and that

he earned woodrow wilson's eternal hatred when he passed the bill to tax the president's salary after that. it makes you almost want to forgive him, doesn't it echo not quite, -- doesn't it? not quite, though. we are looking at two enormous challenges in particular today. a huge debt that is dragging us down. and a tough global competition that is racing ahead. this committee will make the reforms that we need to do to make this country great, to move our country ahead. the questions we face are really simple. will we shape the world economy or will it shape us? on the home front, do we control our budget or does it control us? i will leave you with this -- every question of ways and means committee is also a question of aims and and's -- ends. you look at our history -- first, we argued over tariffs. then we argued over the income tax. now we argue over all sorts of things. on the surface, the issues look different. but at the core, they are the same. who pays? how much do they pay? what do we discourage? what do we reward? on the surface, they seem like technical issues. things like

also look at woodrow wilson's second term as president from the time the u.s. first entered the war in 1917. >>> florence harding once said she had only one hobby and that was warren harding. she was a significant force in her husband's presidency on adept at handling her medium, despite her husband's infidelities, his death in office as well as her own poor health, she would help define the role of the modern first lady. florence harding on c-span's original series "first ladies: influence and image." examining the public and private lives of the women who filled the position of first lady and their influence on the presidency. from martha away twoo michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history t on c-span 3. >>> each week, mesh history tv's american heart facts takes you to museums and historic places. up next, we travel to philadelphia to learn about the museum of the american revolution. located two blocks from independence hall, the museum is scheduled to open in early 2017. >> the idea for the museum goes back a century when december de

and there was woodrow wilson running as the democratic party candidate. also a progressive. every one of those three people claim to be part of the progressive movement and claim to have an answer to the inequalities of wealth and then there was eugene debs running as the socialist candidate. win but a partto of the political campaign. in 1912, socialism appeared to the a rising force not only in the united states but elsewhere in germany, the social democratic party, the largest in the west, had almost a majority of the parliament. they seemed to them the verge of coming to power through electoral process in germany. democrats, the social were up around 40% of the vote in that district. in austria, 25%. britain, the labour party, had a socialist platform was a major factor in british politics. elected.wilson is theodore roosevelt comes in hadnd and taft and debs over 6% of the total. not a tremendous amount but enough to be a factor in the election. in the same year, max hayes running as a socialist for president of the american federation of labor against 1/3 of theers get

one time, for example woodrow wilson dropped by. she opened the doors there's woodrow wilson. h.l. mencken. all sorts of famous people came by. a lead in mrs. mahoney's book led me to this document. now, this is a quaker wedding certificate. some of you may know, right that historically friends don't pay clergy. so at a wedding everybody comes up and signs the wedding certificate. it's almost like, you know you sign it as part of your promise to support this young couple, right, in their life and their love together. so everybody in the congregation signed. down at the bottom here right in this area, john w. booth signed. and that made a little sense because up here it's ely lamb who ran a school that booth attended. there's john emerson lamb another member of the family. so reverend lamb just had some of the students from the school troop over and attend the wedding, and although booth was only 12 years old he's signing the certificate. the wedding, incidentally, took place -- you know how they're set up and this is a gun powder meeting in maryland. john wilkes booth went to a aca

house has come into special session, extraordinary session because the president, that night, woodrow wilson, delivers a message to congress asking for a declaration of war against germany. rankin is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u.s. intervention in world war i. she is on the women's suffrage committee. she was on the public lands committee which was an important assignment for a woman from montana with so much of the land being held by the federal government. so it was an important position. she tries to run for senate. it's an uphill battle. she gets about a fifth of the votes and then she go the goes back to private rights. she's a driving force behind the infancy act which the house eventually passes in 19 the 21 and then she's involved in international peace organizations. fast forward to 1940. she runs for congress again and she runs on a platform to keep the u.s. out of the war in europe. and she's faced on december 8th, 1941, with a tremendous vote. this is the day after pearl harbor. >> yes, december 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. >> the senate

c-span: woodrow wilson was president of princeton at one point? >> guest: he was president before he was president of the united states. c-span: did you know who he was, and did you know what you were getting into before you got there? >> guest: i knew who he was, but i had no idea what i was getting into. my first year at princeton i was scared to death. all the people around me had come from, i thought, the best prep schools in the united states. in those days princeton was about two-thirds prep school and one-third high school. today it's about the reverse. i went through 11 years of school before going to college which was georgia in those days, and all these other guys, i thought, were way ahead of me. and they were. so, i worked my tail off my freshman year. each year it got a little bit easier until i graduated. c-span: when did you first know that you were interested in writing for a living? >> guest: my best friend, the guy who i applied to college with, says that when we were in the third grade i came in off the playground one day after