Swain is cspans coceo and, in addition to her senior management role at the network, has been an oncamera host for cspan for more than thirty years, interviewing public officials, historians, and journalists for the public affairs network. A look inside the personal life of every first lady in american history, based on original interviews with major historianscspans yearlong history series, first ladies. Rosalynn carter first lady rosalynn carter cspan first. She talked about several first ladies and how the role of first lady has changed and become more political.
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