S01E19 Gerry and Brad Celebrate President’s Day By Talking First Ladies
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February 14, 2021 – A special President’s Day edition of the Retail Politics Podcast with Gerry Shields celebrated the works the nation’s 45 First Ladies, dubbing Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as the gold standard.
“She was an amazing lady because she was like the First Lady to be a dual president,” said host, Gerry Shields. “If anybody was to say did we ever have a female president, she would probably come closest.”
Shields recommended the new book, Eleanor by David Michaelis, yet stepped back in time to discuss First Ladies going all the way back to Dolley Madison, who served from 1809 to 1817 and was the first to invite both parties to the White House, action that eventually resulted in the word: bipartisanship.
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