Lecture - First Ladies: Impact and Legacies by Anita McBride

Name: Lecture - First Ladies: Impact and Legacies by Anita McBride
Start: 2025-01-16T18:30:00-06:00
Location: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Schedule

Thu, 16 Jan, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

McFaddin-Ward House Museum | Beaumont, TX

Join the McFaddin-Ward House for “First Ladies: Impact and Legacies,” a free public lecture presented by Anita McBride on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Visitor Center Lecture Hall (located at 1906 Calder Avenue in Beaumont).
Internationally recognized author and former White House staffer Anita McBride will share her extensive expertise on first ladies and the innerworkings of the White House, along with insights from her acclaimed book, “Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America’s History-Making Women,” which showcases the evolving role of the first lady and its historical influence on the American presidency.
In her two decades of White House service, McBride saw firsthand the unique influence of first ladies on American politics, policy and global diplomacy. As Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush, she directed the first lady’s travels to 67 countries in four years and became one of the longest-serving women in White House history. McBride has also served in senior roles under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush.
Currently, McBride is Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies in the American University School of Public Affairs in Washington, DC, and is a founding member of the University’s First Ladies Association for Research and Education.
In 2023, she co-authored “Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America’s History-Making Women,” as well as a first of its kind textbook, “U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies.”
McFaddin-Ward House lectures are free and open to the public, but space is limited. Doors open at 6 p.m. For more information, call 409-832-2134.
For those unable to attend, the lecture will be streamed live on our Facebook page (facebook.com/McFaddinWardHouse). The full lecture will also be available for viewing on our YouTube Channel (youtube.com/@mcfaddinwardhouse) and website (mcfaddin-ward.org/about/videos) after the event.