The final speaker I listened to was Cokie Roberts. She was there talking about her books Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation and Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation. Both books deal with the wives and daughters of the founding fathers. And how they really had a roll in helping their husbands run for office and win elections.She specifically talked about Dolley Madison and how she helped her husband win re-election. Madison's opponent Charles Cotesworth Pinckney said he run against James Madison and Dolley Madison but he'd prefer to only have run against Mr. Madison.
This last picture is rather interesting. Cokie is waiting to be introduced. All of the speakers are filmed for the Library of Congress archives. You can just see the camera man to the right of the picture. He's turned the camera right on Cokie and she proceeds to ask what are you doing and make a series of rather funny faces. Cokie was incredibly personable in her talk and very passionate about her subject. I think I'm going to have to get the books.
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