Helen Herron Taft: A Millennial First Lady of Another Millennium

Could a First Lady of the United States from more than 100 years ago influence today’s generation? Helen Taft’s great granddaughter (and millennial) Patricia Taft seeks to prove just that. Helen became first lady in 1909, yet her trailblazing practices, tactics, and policies remain directly applicable to today’s historical, cultural, and political climates. From landscape diplomacy and advances on behalf of women and people of color, to gambling, entertaining, and endeavors as an expert of public relations and spousal political advisory, watch a conversation focused on how Helen Taft was a First Lady of another time, before her time.