
Great Speeches by the First Ladies of the United States
By
SpeechWorks
Read by
SpeechWorks
Release:
03/01/2017
Runtime:
7h 52m
Great Speeches by the First Ladies of the United States highlights twenty-five of the most important and well-known speeches by our nation's First Ladies:
- Eleanor Roosevelt - Address to the Reform Democrat Club (15:42)
- Eleanor Roosevelt - Declaration of Human Rights address at the United Nations (3:14)
- Jacqueline Kennedy - Speaks about the campaign, her husband, and children (2:39)
- Jacqueline Kennedy - Address to members of Brigade 2506 following the Bay of Pigs conflict. Speech is delivered at the Orange Bowl in Spanish. (1:57)
- Jacqueline Kennedy - Television address to American people following assassination of John F. Kennedy (1:48)
- Lady Bird Johnson, with comments from Lyndon B. Johnson - Describes rooms in the White House (21:27)
- Pat Nixon - Question and Answer session with students at the White House (26:52)
- Betty Ford - International Women's Year address (6:09)
- Betty Ford - Speaks of personal troubles and the Ford Center (40:18)
- Rosalynn Carter - Addresses Mental Health issues (33:10)
- Rosalynn Carter, with Steven Ford - Tribute to Betty Ford (51:00)
- Nancy Reagan - "Just Say No" (5:02)
- Nancy Reagan, with Ronald Reagan - Address to RNC luncheon (9:30)
- Barbara Bush - Loma Linda University commencement (9:37)
- Barbara Bush - Wellesley College commencement (10:44)
- Hillary Clinton - Speaks at the 1996 DNC (20:13)
- Hillary Clinton - American Leadership Conference address (53:02)
- Hillary Clinton - Addresses the Women's Conference (19:40)
- Laura Bush, with introduction by George W. Bush - 2004 RNC address (23:50)
- Laura Bush - Speaks at the 2008 RNC (8:16)
- Laura Bush - Annual Correspondence Dinner address (8:12)
- Laura Bush - Speaks at Texas Book Festival (51:40)
- Michelle Obama - 2008 DNC address (17:11)
- Michelle Obama - 2016 DNC address (14:10)
- Melania Trump, with introduction by Donald Trump - 2016 RNC address (15:00)
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