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Tag Archives: First Lady History
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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Eleanor Roosevelt Looks In The Pot
Eleanor Roosevelt had a decade of social and political activity when her husband became New York Governor in 1928. But she still had lessons to learn. Eleanor Roosevelt: The Wilderness Years Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), born to an aristocratic New York … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tagged Alfred E. Smith, American history, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt visits prisons, Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle Theodore, FDR, FDR advisor Louis Howe, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, League of Women Voters, Louis Howe, NY Gov. Al Smith, Presidential history, Sara Delano Roosevelt, US history
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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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Ike and Mamie’s First House
Mamie Doud was only nineteen when she married Second Lt. Dwight D. Eisenhower, recently graduated from West Point. The Eisenhower Bride and Groom While Mama and Papa Doud adored Ike, and would consider him their “son” for the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tagged "Crusade in Europe", American history, Dwight D. Eisenhowere, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, FIrst Lady Mamie Eisenhower, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, Ike as NATO chief, Ike Eisenhower, Ike's Gettysburg farm, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, Mrs. General Eisenhower, Mrs. Ike, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential history, The Eisenhower farm at Gettysburg, the family life of Ike and Mamie, US history, White House history
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The Taft’s Silver Anniversary Party, or Nellie’s Happy Day
Helen Herron Taft was not destined to fully enjoy her days as First Lady, but the Tafts would celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in grand style. Nellie’s Ambition, and an Anniversary Precedent Helen Herron (1861-1943) was an Ohioan whose parents … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Helen Taft, First Lady History, First Lady Nellie Taft, First Lady Taft's stroke, Helen Herron Taft, history, Lucy Hayes, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Nellie Taft, Nellie Taft's stroke, Presidential history, Rutherford and Lucy Hayes, Rutherford B. Hayes, Taft's Silver Anniversary party, The Taft's Silver Anniversary, US history, White House anniversary party, White House history
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Mrs. Adams, Dr. Physick, and Her Unmentionable Problem
Louisa Catherine Adams: A Brief Medical History Louisa Catherine Adams (1775-1852), London born and Paris educated, was raised to be exactly what she would become: a perfect consort for a man of distinction. John Quincy Adams was the US minister … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Dr. Philip Physick, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Louisa Adams, history, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Mrs. John QUincy Adams, nineteenth century surgery, Philip Syng Physick, Thomas Johnson, US 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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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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