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Tag Archives: First Ladies
Florence Harding and The Veterans
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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Tagged "The Duchess" Harding, American history, Evalyn Walsh McLean, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Florence Harding, Florence Harding, FLorence Kling Harding, history, President Warren Harding, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Marion Star, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history
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Grace and Calvin Coolidge on the Farm
President Calvin Coolidge loved to take his wife with him on Presidential out-and-abouts. She was pretty, she was stylish, and she had an impish humor. She was enormously popular. President and Mrs. Coolidge Calvin Coolidge was arguably the most sexist … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Calvin Coolidge
Tagged American history, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Grace Coolidge, First Lady History, Grace Coolidge, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, history, President Calvin Coolidge, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Lucy Hayes and the Laced Oranges
Lucy Hayes has gone down in history as “Lemonade Lucy” for banning spirits in the White House – but did people find a way around it? The Spirits of ‘76 The election of 1876 was one of the most … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Disputed election of 1876, Election of 1876, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, history, Lemonade Lucy, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Webb Hayes, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Hayes, Samuel B. Tilden, Samuel Tilden, WCTU, White House history, White House oranges, Women's Christian Temperance Union
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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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