Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 - 7:00 AM
The wife of the fourth president of the United States, created a uniquely American style - combining power with republican values. She also brought opposing sides together socially, established the White House as a public space as well as an office and residence, adopted a cause and defined the president's wife as a public position. Interviews with historians and biographers, as well as reenactments with actors Eve Best and Jefferson Mays bring the First Lady of 1809-1817 - her accomplishments and disappointments - to life. G
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