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Professor Jean Baker discussed her book, The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family, published by W.W. Norton and Company. In the book, she traced the family history of Adlai Ewing S…

Richard Norton Smith, Carl Cannon, and Jean Baker participated in a roundtable discussion as a preview to C-SPAN’s upcoming series, “The Contenders: They Lost the Election But Changed Politi…

Richard Norton Smith, Carl Cannon, and Jean Baker participated in a roundtable discussion reflecting on the C-SPAN series, “The Contenders: They Lost the Election But Changed Political Histo…

Historian Arthur Schlesinger, editor of Times Books' American Presidents Series, moderated a discussion of the lives of some lesser-known American presidents. The panelists were authors of s…

As part of a symposium to mark the 200th anniversary of the White House, historians spoke about the White House during the Civil War. Among the topics they addressed were the physical look a…

Professor Jean Baker discussed the 1956 Democratic Convention and compared Adlai Stevenson’s 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns.

Professor Jean Baker talked about the 1952 Democratic Convention in Chicago in which Adlai Stevenson, the Governor of Illinois, was nominated. She is the author of The Stevensons.

Panelists talked about the history of the status of the president’s wife and how she became the “first lady,” a more influential and active political figure. They discussed the contributions…