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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
Betty Ford is known for her battles with breast cancer and substance abuse. But perhaps even more than these struggles, says biograph...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
6:30pm
In Person
As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph was well educated, known on two continents...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
6:30pm
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Presidential races are the stuff of myth, sometimes literally. Like the 1952 contest between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, both purportedl...
Thursday, September 17, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, was a critical Cold War moment for Dwight D. Eisenhower. What he called “a...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
6:30pm
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2015 commemorates not only the 125th anniversary of the birth of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, but also the U.S. Census Bureau’s declaration that...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
6:30pm
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Lady Bird Johnson was no mere White House photo prop.
The former Claudia Taylor once was described by husband Lyndon Johnson as “the brains a...
Thursday, September 26, 2024
1:00pm
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Beth is a crisis helpline volunteer who gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from people who feel lonely, broken, and helpless. During her...
Thursday, October 24, 2024
1:00pm
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When a teenager gets abducted by a human trafficking ring, her mother, Sharon, enlists the help of her estranged friend, Lena, to find her. Lena is...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
6:30pm
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Aristocratic and sophisticated, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, ran the White House with a sure hand and figured prominentl...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
6:30pm
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Dwight Eisenhower was a man of simple tastes but decisive action. Behind the dry smile was a brilliant, intellectual tactician, an attribute—...