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Tag Archives: First Ladies
Jane Pierce: First Lady of Sorrows
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin Pierce
Tagged American history, Bennie Pierce, Bennie Pierce death, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Jane Pierce, Franklin Pierce, history, Jane Appleton Pierce, Jane Pierce, President Franklin Pierce, President James Polk, Presidential history, The election of 1852, the election of Franklin Pierce, US histoy, White House history
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Frances Cleveland: The FLOTUS As Celebrity
When 49-year-old sitting president Grover Cleveland took a 21-year old bride, the country was enchanted. Frances Folsom: White House Bride New First Lady Frances Cleveland was not only young, but she was pretty. She had a nice figure, a peaches-and-cream … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Frances Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Frances Cleveland featured in advertising, Frances Cleveland in product endorsements, Frances Cleveland's alma mater, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, Grover Cleveland's children, history, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, US history, Wells College, White House history, women's magazines of the 1880s
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Lucy Hayes and the Spectacular Dinner Service,
The White House, then and now, requires a huge amount of china place settings. The Precedents of China Formal Presidential dinner services have always been needed for formal occasions since the time of George Washington’s terms of office in New … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, Galt Jewelers, General Ulysses S. Grant, Harper's Weekly Magazine, Haviland & Company, history, Illustrator Theodore Davis, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Hayes White House china, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Norman Galt, President Hayes, President James Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, The Reagan Dinner Service, Theodore Russell Davis, Thomas Jefferson, White House dinner services, White House Historical Association, White House history, William Seale
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The Plot to Assassinate General Grant
General Grant was one of John Wilkes Booth’s targets on April 14, 1865. This is Julia Grant’s story, penned some 35 years after it occurred, and not known to the general public for more than a century. April 14, 1865 … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged "The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant", Abraham Lincoln, American history, Booth accomplice O'Laughlin, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Mary Lincoln, Ford's Theater, General Grant, General Rawlins, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, John Wilkes Booth, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Lincoln, Michael O'Laughlin, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grfant, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential history, Secretary of State William Seward, The Hero of Appomatttox, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson
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Emilie Todd: Mary Lincoln’s Little Sister
Mary Todd Lincoln came from a huge family. There were fourteen children. Children and Steps: Mary Todd was the fourth of six children born to Robert Smith Todd and his first wife, Elizabeth Parker. She died when Mary was only … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Benjamin Hardin Helm, Confederate General Ben Helm, Elizabeth Parker, Emilie Todd, Emilie Todd Helm, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Katherine Helm, Lincoln's brother-in-law Ben Helm, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's sister Emilie Todd, Mary Lincoln's sisters, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln's parents, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Smith Todd, The Lincoln's "Little sister", US history, White House history
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: On the Couch
A book review. Dr. Alma Bond has done it again, penning another psychological (sort of) look at a prominent woman. This time, it is Hillary Clinton, a living person, and as such, treated with kid gloves. The Device Dr. Bond … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Recommended Reading
Tagged American history, Author Alma Bond, Dr. Alma Bond, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton: On the Couch, Hillary Rodham Clinton, history, Jackie O: On the Couch, Lady Macbeth on the Couch, Marilyn Monroe on the Couch, US history, White House history
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Mrs. Hoover’s Bad Habit: The “Surprise Supreme”
Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover started their marriage in China – with six servants. They didn’t need them, but it was customary – in China. The Mining Engineer Both Herbert Hoover and Lou Henry were graduates of Stanford University, and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover
Tagged American history, Belgiam Relief in World War I, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, Girl Scouts, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover during WWI, history, Lou Henry Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover and the Girl Scouts, President Herbert Hoover, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential entertaining, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Food Administration, The White House Surprise Supreme, US history, White House history, White House housekeeper Ava Long, World War I Belgian Relief, World War I Food Administration, WWI Belgian Relief, WWI Food Administration
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Mrs. Madison: The Most Popular First Lady Ever
Other First Ladies have been better looking, more intellectual or talented. But no one has ever been more popular. Everybody Knew Dolley Dolley Madison (1768-1849) was arguably the best known woman in the United States during the first half of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison
Tagged American history, Congressman James Madison, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison the political hostess, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, George Washington, history, James Madison, Lady Washington's levees, Mrs. Madison, President James Madison, Presidential histor, The Great Little Madison, the Widow Todd, Thomas Jefferson, US history, White House history
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The Stewardship of the Second Mrs. Wilson
“Steward” was the word that Edith Bolling Wilson used to describe herself during the last 18-months of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, when he suffered a crippling stroke. Edith Bolling Wilson: A Conspiracy Theory? Modern historians, freed by the distance of a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged "the first woman president", American First Ladies, American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Edith Wilson, First World War, history, Joseph Tumulty, League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Thomas R. Marshall, US history, Vice President Thomas Marshall, White House history, Wilson physician Cary Grayson, Wilson secretary Joseph Tumulty, Wilson VP Marshall, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's stroke, World War I
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Locket Story
When Ulysses S. Grant met Julia Dent, it was love at first sight. Grant Meets Dent Young Lt. Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), recently graduated from West Point, was a frequent guest at the Dent home for several weeks before … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American history, Civil War history, Col. Fred Dent, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferdinand Ward, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Julia Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, Grant business partner Ferdinand Ward, history, Julia Dent, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant's childhood home, Mount McGregor, Mrs. Ulysses S Grant, Mt. McGregor, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the courtship of Ulysses and Julia Grant, the death of General Grant, The Hero of Appomattox, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White Haven, White House history
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