C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor & Abigail Fillmore
1 hour, 33 minutesPaul Finkelman and Conover Hunt talked about the life and influence of first ladies Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, and Abigail Fillmore. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Sarah Polk remains the most politically active and influential first lady. Margaret Taylor was a reluctant short-term first lady. Abigail Fillmore, a teacher, was the first presidential wife to have had a job. She established the White House library and made it a cultural center for the arts.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Jane Pierce & Harriet Lane
1 hour, 33 minutesAnn Covell and Feather Schwartz Foster talked about the life and influence of first ladies Jane Pierce and Harriet Lane. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the extent of mourning in which Mrs. Pierce was plunged by the death of her only remaining son on the way to the inauguration which she had never wanted and the great popularity and influence of Harriet Lane, the niece of President James Buchanan, the only bachelor American president.
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Influential Women in Western History
1 hour, 6 minutesCharlotte Waisman talked about influential Western women, including sharpshooter Annie Oakley, suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway and politician Jeannette Rankin. She is co-author of "Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America." The Center for Colorado Women's History at Byers-Evans House hosted this event.
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Booknotes: John Seigenthaler, "James K. Polk"
58 minutesJohn Seigenthaler talked about his book, James K. Polk, published by Times Books. He described Polk as key to the U.S. westward expansion, and who carried forward the idea of Jacksonian democracy. Polk was the youngest president elected. He served as Speaker of the House and governor of Tennessee before taking office in 1845. The author said he became less admired during his term until he revived his political career by gaining popularity with those who favored annexing the Republic of Texas to the Union.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor & Abigail Fillmore
1 hour, 33 minutesPaul Finkelman and Conover Hunt talked about the life and influence of first ladies Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, and Abigail Fillmore. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Sarah Polk remains the most politically active and influential first lady. Margaret Taylor was a reluctant short-term first lady. Abigail Fillmore, a teacher, was the first presidential wife to have had a job. She established the White House library and made it a cultural center for the arts.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Jane Pierce & Harriet Lane
1 hour, 34 minutesAnn Covell and Feather Schwartz Foster talked about the life and influence of first ladies Jane Pierce and Harriet Lane. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the extent of mourning in which Mrs. Pierce was plunged by the death of her only remaining son on the way to the inauguration which she had never wanted and the great popularity and influence of Harriet Lane, the niece of President James Buchanan, the only bachelor American president.
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Influential Women in Western History
1 hour, 5 minutesCharlotte Waisman talked about influential Western women, including sharpshooter Annie Oakley, suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway and politician Jeannette Rankin. She is co-author of "Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America." The Center for Colorado Women's History at Byers-Evans House hosted this event.
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Booknotes: John Seigenthaler, "James K. Polk"
1 hour, 0 minuteJohn Seigenthaler talked about his book, James K. Polk, published by Times Books. He described Polk as key to the U.S. westward expansion, and who carried forward the idea of Jacksonian democracy. Polk was the youngest president elected. He served as Speaker of the House and governor of Tennessee before taking office in 1845. The author said he became less admired during his term until he revived his political career by gaining popularity with those who favored annexing the Republic of Texas to the Union.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor & Abigail Fillmore
1 hour, 34 minutesPaul Finkelman and Conover Hunt talked about the life and influence of first ladies Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, and Abigail Fillmore. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Sarah Polk remains the most politically active and influential first lady. Margaret Taylor was a reluctant short-term first lady. Abigail Fillmore, a teacher, was the first presidential wife to have had a job. She established the White House library and made it a cultural center for the arts.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Jane Pierce & Harriet Lane
1 hour, 34 minutesAnn Covell and Feather Schwartz Foster talked about the life and influence of first ladies Jane Pierce and Harriet Lane. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the extent of mourning in which Mrs. Pierce was plunged by the death of her only remaining son on the way to the inauguration which she had never wanted and the great popularity and influence of Harriet Lane, the niece of President James Buchanan, the only bachelor American president.
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Carolina Basketball Museum
12 minutesThe Carolina Basketball Museum chronicles the history of UNC Basketball. Steve Kirshner, Director of Athletic Communications at the University of North Carolina, toured the museum and discussed the storied history of UNC's Basketball program, which dates back to 1910.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Mary Todd Lincoln
1 hour, 33 minutesRichard Norton Smith and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn talked about the life and influence of first lady Mary Lincoln and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included her political upbringing and position against slavery, her role as wife and mother, her time as first lady, and life after the White House. They discussed the complexity of her legacy, including her political role, mental health, her relationships in Washington and with the press, and stories of her lavish spending and as an over-indulgent mother.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Eliza Johnson
1 hour, 35 minutesJacqueline Berger and Kendra Hinkle talked about the life and influence of first lady Eliza Johnson and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. President Johnson, who served in a tumultuous time during Reconstruction and after President Lincoln's assassination, was most noted as the first president to be impeached despite a long career. Topics included Mrs. Johnson's role in his career, their family, and their hardships during the Civil War. Her ill health was a major issue and her daughters served as the White House hostesses.
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Lincoln's Sense of Humor
52 minutesAuthor Richard Carwardine spoke at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium about Lincoln's sense of humor. The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford's Theatre Society hosted the symposium at historic Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. to highlight the 16th president's life, career and legacy.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Mary Todd Lincoln
1 hour, 33 minutesRichard Norton Smith and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn talked about the life and influence of first lady Mary Lincoln and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included her political upbringing and position against slavery, her role as wife and mother, her time as first lady, and life after the White House. They discussed the complexity of her legacy, including her political role, mental health, her relationships in Washington and with the press, and stories of her lavish spending and as an over-indulgent mother.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Eliza Johnson
1 hour, 35 minutesJacqueline Berger and Kendra Hinkle talked about the life and influence of first lady Eliza Johnson and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. President Johnson, who served in a tumultuous time during Reconstruction and after President Lincoln's assassination, was most noted as the first president to be impeached despite a long career. Topics included Mrs. Johnson's role in his career, their family, and their hardships during the Civil War. Her ill health was a major issue and her daughters served as the White House hostesses.
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Lincoln's Sense of Humor
52 minutesAuthor Richard Carwardine spoke at the annual Abraham Lincoln Symposium about Lincoln's sense of humor. The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford's Theatre Society hosted the symposium at historic Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. to highlight the 16th president's life, career and legacy.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Mary Todd Lincoln
1 hour, 33 minutesRichard Norton Smith and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn talked about the life and influence of first lady Mary Lincoln and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included her political upbringing and position against slavery, her role as wife and mother, her time as first lady, and life after the White House. They discussed the complexity of her legacy, including her political role, mental health, her relationships in Washington and with the press, and stories of her lavish spending and as an over-indulgent mother.
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First Ladies: Influence & Image - Eliza Johnson
1 hour, 34 minutesJacqueline Berger and Kendra Hinkle talked about the life and influence of first lady Eliza Johnson and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. President Johnson, who served in a tumultuous time during Reconstruction and after President Lincoln's assassination, was most noted as the first president to be impeached despite a long career. Topics included Mrs. Johnson's role in his career, their family, and their hardships during the Civil War. Her ill health was a major issue and her daughters served as the White House hostesses.