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Tag Archives: First Ladies
Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
The trick question is “what was Eleanor Roosevelt’s maiden name?” It was Roosevelt. She was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt: Poor Little Rich Girl Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was a patrician-born New Yorker. Her father was Theodore’s brother Elliott, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tagged Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Hall Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt at Allenswood School, Eleanor's cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor's father Elliott Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mlle. Souvestre, Presidential wives, Rivington Street Settlement House, Sagamore Hill, The Allenswood School, Theodore Roosevelt
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Mary Lincoln: The Tragedy of Time
A thought. Mary spent seventeen years as the Widow Lincoln. Mary Lincoln: Choices of Tragedy Millions of words have been spent on Mary Lincoln, her various tragedies, her various ailments and the peculiarities of her personality and disposition in general. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, history, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's health, Mary Lincoln's mental healty, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Robert Lincoln, Presidential wives, Robert Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, The death of Willie Lincoln, The Lincoln assassination, US history, White House history, Willie Lincoln
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The Adams Sorrow: The Second Generation
John Quincy Adams was never a teetotaler. The eldest son of John and Abigail could even be considered a heavy drinker. The Second Adams Generation Having spent his formative years in the great capitals of Europe, John Quincy Adams … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Quincy Adams
Tagged American history, Charles Francis Adams, Death of George Washington Adams, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Louisa Adams, George Washington Adams, history, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, JQ Adams, JQA, Louisa Adams' niece Mary Hellen, Louisa Catherine Adams, Mary Hellen Adams, Presidential history, The family of JQ Adams, US history, US Presidents, White House history
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The Death of the First Mrs. Wilson
One of the most underrated First Ladies of the 20th century is the intelligent, gentle and multi-talented Ellen Wilson – Woodrow Wilson’s first wife. Ellen Axson: Georgia Peach The life of Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914) was bookended by war: Born … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Ellen Axson, Ellen Axson Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson, First Lady Ellen Wilson, First Lady History, history, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Paintings by Ellen Wilson, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, the accomplishments of Ellen Wilson, The art of Ellen Wilson, the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, White Hosue history, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's family
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Lincoya: Andrew Jackson’s Indian Son
Andrew Jackson, Indian fighter, with no love lost on his enemies, adopted a Creek Indian baby and raised him as his own. Andrew Jackson: Becoming the General At age forty, Andrew Jackson had been a major figure in Tennessee for … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson's children, Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Creek Indian Wars, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, General Andrew Jackson, history, Jackson's adopted son Lincoya, Lincoya Jackson, Nashville, President Andrew Jackson, Rachel Jackson, Rachel Jackson's children, The Hermitage, US history, War of 1812
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Mary Lincoln’s Tablecloth: A Metaphor
In an apt metaphor, Mary brought the tablecloth and the good dishes to the Lincoln table. Mary Lincoln is unquestionably a divisive figure. She was divisive in her own time, and nearly two centuries later, remains so. People either … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Elizabeth Todd Edwards, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, IL, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's education, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mary Todd's family, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the Lincoln house in Springfield, Todd objections to the Lincoln marriage, US history, White House history
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Dolley Madison’s Heartache: Payne Todd
Dolley and James Madison had no children of their own. John Payne Todd was the son of her first marriage. Dolley and James Madison Are Wed The Widow Todd, as she was then called, was helping manage her mother’s … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison, Nifty History People
Tagged Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison's son Payne Todd, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Dolley's son Payne, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, history, James Madison, Madison stepson, Montpelier, Payne Todd, President James Madison, Presidential families, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Nellie Taft, Edwardian
No one wanted to be First Lady more than Helen Herron Taft! The Root of Nellie Taft’s Ambition Nellie Taft (1861-1943) had her eye on the White House from her teens. Her family was prominent in Cincinnati, Ohio, and … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Helen Taft, First Lady Nellie Taft, Helen Herron Taft, history, Nellie Taft, P:resident William Howard Taft, President Rutherford Hayes, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Smithsonian First Ladies exhibit, U.S. history, White House history, William Howard Taft
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The Family Feud of the Second Mrs. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison and his second wife, Mary Lord Dimmick created a near-scandal when they married, and the family never forgave them. The Twenty-Third President’s Menage When Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) came to the White House in 1889, he brought a large … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, American Presidents, Benjamin Harrison, Caroline Harrison, DAR, daughters of the American Revolution, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, history, Mary Dimmick, Mary Dimmick Harrison, Mary Lord Dimmick, President Benjamin Harrison, Presidential wives, the family of Benjamin Harrison, US history, US Presidents, White House history
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