First Ladies
First Lady Helen Taft
2013-09-16T21:00:06-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYTE4XC8yMDEzMDkxNjIxMDAxMjAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Lewis Gould and Jane Hampton Cook talked about the life and influence of first lady Helen “Nellie” Taft and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mrs. Taft’s efforts to make Washington a cultural capital, especially in the area of music, were hampered by a stroke she suffered shortly after the inauguration. She still had a number of “firsts,” including riding with her husband to the White House after the inauguration and publishing an autobiography.
In video clips Ray Henderson showed various artifacts at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio; Ann McClellan told how Mrs. Taft was responsible for the cherry trees in Washington, D.C.; Lisa Kathleen Graddy, curator of The First Ladies at the Smithsonian exhibition, showed the inaugural gown with which Mrs. Taft started the tradition of first ladies donating inaugural gowns to the museum.
This was the 18th episode in the C-SPAN series “First Ladies: Influence and Image.”
Lewis Gould and Jane Hampton Cook talked about the life and influence of first lady Helen “Nellie” Taft and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.…
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Lewis Gould and Jane Hampton Cook talked about the life and influence of first lady Helen “Nellie” Taft and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mrs. Taft’s efforts to make Washington a cultural capital, especially in the area of music, were hampered by a stroke she suffered shortly after the inauguration. She still had a number of “firsts,” including riding with her husband to the White House after the inauguration and publishing an autobiography.
In video clips Ray Henderson showed various artifacts at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio; Ann McClellan told how Mrs. Taft was responsible for the cherry trees in Washington, D.C.; Lisa Kathleen Graddy, curator of The First Ladies at the Smithsonian exhibition, showed the inaugural gown with which Mrs. Taft started the tradition of first ladies donating inaugural gowns to the museum.
This was the 18th episode in the C-SPAN series “First Ladies: Influence and Image.” close
In video clips Ray Henderson showed various artifacts at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio; Ann McClellan told how Mrs. Taft was responsible for the cherry trees in Washington, D.C.; Lisa Kathleen Graddy, curator of The First Ladies at the Smithsonian exhibition, showed the inaugural gown with which Mrs. Taft started the tradition of first ladies donating inaugural gowns to the museum.
This was the 18th episode in the C-SPAN series “First Ladies: Influence and Image.”
Lewis Gould and Jane Hampton Cook talked about the life and influence of first lady Helen “Nellie” Taft and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.… read more
Lewis Gould and Jane Hampton Cook talked about the life and influence of first lady Helen “Nellie” Taft and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mrs. Taft’s efforts to make Washington a cultural capital, especially in the area of music, were hampered by a stroke she suffered shortly after the inauguration. She still had a number of “firsts,” including riding with her husband to the White House after the inauguration and publishing an autobiography.
In video clips Ray Henderson showed various artifacts at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio; Ann McClellan told how Mrs. Taft was responsible for the cherry trees in Washington, D.C.; Lisa Kathleen Graddy, curator of The First Ladies at the Smithsonian exhibition, showed the inaugural gown with which Mrs. Taft started the tradition of first ladies donating inaugural gowns to the museum.
This was the 18th episode in the C-SPAN series “First Ladies: Influence and Image.” close
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