Category Archives: Warren G. Harding

Florence Harding’s Hatpin Story

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Florence Harding loved politics – and she was a very savvy woman. The Harding: Introduction to Politics Florence Harding was thirty when she married Warren Gamaliel Harding. He was five years younger, the publisher of a weekly newspaper and the … Continue reading →

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Nan Britton, Part II: Harding’s Tell-All Mistress

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The bad news was that President Warren Harding died in 1923. Without a will. Nan Britton, Nymphette Nanna Popham Britton (1896-1991) had been obsessed with Warren G. Harding since she was a child. She fixated on him like today’s teeny-boppers … Continue reading →

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Nan Britton: Harding’s “Lolita”

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

This is Part One of a very nifty story! The Marion Publisher Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) was a rural Ohio fellow, who, following a mediocre education, gravitated to Marion, Ohio where he purchased an interest in The Marion Star, a … Continue reading →

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Warren Harding: Bloviator of Nostrums and the Founding Fathers

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

A few men have the gift of speechifying pontifically and saying little. Like Warren Harding, 29th President. Warren G. Harding: Newspaper Man Warren Harding was one of the most affable men in town. He was easy going, a bona fide … Continue reading →

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Doc Sawyer: President Harding’s Surgeon General

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

It is  unfair to compare medical practice of a hundred or more years ago with the enormous technological changes that have occurred. Nevertheless… Charles Sawyer: Homeopath Charles E. Sawyer (1860-1924) was an Ohio homeopathic doctor of limited formal training, believing … Continue reading →

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The Death of Warren Harding

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Feather Schwartz Foster

With the possible exception of John F. Kennedy, no president’s death generated more  speculation and controversies than that of Warren G. Harding. The President Dies On August 2, 1923, the country was stunned when the news came over the telegraph … Continue reading →

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Warren Harding and the Ohio Gang

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The term “The Ohio Gang” is misleading. First of all, not all of them were from Ohio. Warren Harding: A Lackluster Politician Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) was a lackluster fellow.  His abilities were moderate, not stellar. His ambition for high … Continue reading →

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Florence Harding and The Veterans

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

After World War I, thousands of wounded soldiers were crowding into Washington hospitals. Florence Harding would be a regular visitor. Florence Kling Harding: Lonely Wife Florence Harding never had a strong maternal instinct. An early and disastrous elopement left her … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Harding and Mrs. McLean

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

For fifty years, Florence Kling Harding was a lonely woman, with few, if any, real friends. The Embattled Duchess Florence Kling (1860-1924) was the daughter of Marion, Ohio’s wealthiest and nastiest businessmen. His tyrannical ways resulted in Florence’s youthful escape … Continue reading →

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The Year of Four First Ladies: 1860-1861

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Two First Ladies born in a year is unusual; three is rare. Four is extraordinary. Four First Ladies Are Born    Between 1860 and 1861, four little girls were born who eventually would marry men who became Unites States Presidents. One … Continue reading →

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