John & Abigail Adams Historian Bringing her Insights to the Ford
Join Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky to learn about Abigail Adams and Betty Ford, two under-appreciated and transformative first ladies. Adams and Ford served as important political advisors to their husbands, expressed their opinions freely, and occupied an unabashedly political space. Learn about their unique tenures in the White House and how they shaped the role for their predecessors.
Watch the Livestream
Where
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
303 Pearl St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
When
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
*Private Friends of Ford Member Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Program Begins: 6:30 p.m.
Program Supporters
In partnership with the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum and the Secchia Family Foundation, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is proud to bring Lindsay Chervinsky to Grand Rapids.
About Lindsay Chervinsky
DR. LINDSAY M. CHERVINSKY is a presidential historian and Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Previously, she was a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, a historian at the White House Historical Association, and a fellow at the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
Lindsay’s latest book, MAKING THE PRESIDENCY: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic, published on September 5th, 2024 by Oxford University Press. She is also the author of the award-winning book The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution and co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture.
Dr. Chervinsky has been published in the Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Monthly, The Daily Beast, and many others; she is a regular resource for outlets like CBS News, Face the Nation, CNN, The BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, and CBC News.
