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Tag Archives: First Ladies
The Family Life of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was unquestionably a great general. He was also a great family man. Ulysses Grant: The Poor Family Beginnings Financially, Ulysses S. Grant was not born to poverty. It was the family dynamics that were decidedly peculiar. His … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War
Tagged American history, Buck Grant, Civil War, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, Fred Grant, Frederick Dent Grant, General Grant, Grant's last years, history, Jesse Root Grant, Julia Grant, Nellie Grant, Presidential history, The family of General Grant, U.S. Grant's family, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses Grant Jr., Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Abigail Adams’ Sorrow: Like Uncle, Like Nephews
Medical science today provides substantial evidence that alcoholism can be a hereditary failing, but even back in Colonial days, people suspected that it ran in families. William Smith: Abigail Adams’ Brother Abigail Adams (1744-1818), always a credible witness to her … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams brother William Smith, Abigail Adams' son Charles, Abigail Adams' son Thomas, American history, Charles Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, John Adams, John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, Presidential wives, Thomas Boylston Adams, White House history
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The Two Mary Lincolns Disaster
It was inevitable. Mary Todd Lincoln, mother-in-law, and Mary Harlan Lincoln, daughter-in law… Mary Lincoln Meets Mary Harlan When the Lincolns came to Washington in 1861, they became acquainted with Senator and Mrs. James Harlan, Republicans of Iowa. In due … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, history, Mary HArlan Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's daughter-in-law, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Robert Lincoln, Presidential wives, Robert Lincoln, Robert Lincoln's wife, Robert Todd Lincoln, US history
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Julia Tyler: Fashionista
About five years before becoming a First Lady, a nineteen-year-old Julia Gardiner was featured in an actual advertising promotion. Miss Julia Gardiner Julia Gardiner was pretty, socially prominent, and very very rich. Her father, Senator David Gardiner, was a “Gardiner … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler
Tagged American history, Bogert And Mecamly, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Julia Tyler, Gardiner's Island, history, John Tyler, Julia Gardiner, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Julia Tyler, President John Tyler, President Tyler, President TYler's Second Wife, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Rose of Long Island, US history, White House history
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Mrs. Adams Goes to Paris
Abigail Adams had never been farther from home than Boston, when her husband sent for her to come to Paris. The Separations of Abigail and John Adams When the Adamses married in 1764, John Adams was a struggling attorney, riding … Continue reading
The Polarizing Mrs. Lincoln
Mrs. Lincoln is never viewed in neutral. You either love her or hate her. Some historians evaluate Mary Todd Lincoln as a termagant who made Lincoln’s life a misery. Some claim she is one of the most misunderstood characters … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, Katherine Helm, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, nineteenth century Americans, Presidential wives, William Herndon
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The Washington Courtship
Was it a love match? Or merely a partnership of mutual convenience? The Wealthy Widow Custis Martha Dandridge had married an old man. She was seventeen; Daniel Parke Custis was past thirty-five. But it had been a marriage of true … Continue reading
Mary and Robert Lincoln: A Family Tragedy
The Widow Mary would have a tenuous and tragic relationship with her son Robert Lincoln for the remaining years of her life. The Family Situation Abraham Lincoln died without a will, thus his estate would be shared equally by Mary, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's estate, American history, Bellevue Place, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Mary HArlan Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln insanity trial, Mary Lincoln the widow, Mary Lincoln's daughter-in-law, Mary Lincoln's fiances, Mary Lincoln's widowhood, Mary Todd Lincoln, Presidential wives, Robert Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, US history
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Nellie Taft’s Lonely Dinner
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) did not have a long time to enjoy wearing her stylish Edwardian gowns on the magnificent occasions she had been planning for decades. Only three months into William Howard Taft’s presidency, she collapsed from a stroke. Mrs. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, Helen Herron Taft, Helen Herron Taft's stroke, history, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Nellie Taft, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, William Howard Taft
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First Ladies of Indisposition
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor
Tagged Abigail Fillmore, American history, Bennie Pierce, Bennie Pierce death, Betty Blair, creating White House Library, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, Franklin Pierce, history, Jane Pierce, Jane Pierce tragedy, Margaret Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, White House library, Zachary Taylor
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