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Jane Pierce: First Lady of Sorrows

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Some people are born with a melancholy gene. Like Jane Appleton Pierce. A Solemn Girl There was nothing in Jane Appleton’s (1806-63) childhood that suggested merriment. She was a New Englander, her father a Congregational minister, and strict religious observance … Continue reading →

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First Ladies of Indisposition

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Between 1849 and 1857, the three First Ladies of the United States were, in their individual ways, indisposed in the true meaning of the word: they did not have the disposition to perform the highly visible social duties that were … Continue reading →

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