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Tag Archives: Presidential wives
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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Warren G. Harding
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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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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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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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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Rachel Jackson’s Inaugural Gown
The Smithsonian Institution maintains a priceless collection of First Ladies’ inaugural gowns – at least those of the past hundred years. But if they had collected and maintained every First Lady’s inaugural gowns, the most valuable could arguably be … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson
Tagged "Old Hickory", American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First lady Rachel Jackson, General Andrew Jackson, history, President Andrew Jackson, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Rachel Donelson Jackson, Rachel Jackson, The Hermitage, US history, White House history
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Woodrow and Edith Wilson: Honeymooners
The widowed Wilson married the widowed Mrs. Galt only eight months after they had met. The Wilsons: A New First Couple The morning of December 16, 1915, Woodrow Wilson was a happy man. Aides said the new bridegroom was whistling … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Edith, Edith Bolling Galt, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Galt, Edith Wilson, Edith Wilson Red Cross volunteer, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, history, Presidential history, Presidential wives, The Great War, The Second Mrs. Wilson, White House history, Wilson's doctor, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's health, World War I
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The Year of Four First Ladies: 1860-1861
Two First Ladies born in a year is unusual; three is rare. Four is extraordinary. Four First Ladies Are Born Between 1860 and 1861, four little girls were born who eventually would marry men who became Unites States Presidents. One … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged "The Duchess", Edith Carow, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, Edith Roosevelt, Ellen Axson Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, Florence Harding, Florence Kling DeWolfe, FLorence Kling Harding, Helen Herron, Helen Herron Taft, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Warren Harding, Mrs. William H. Taft, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Nellie Taft, Presidential wives, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, White House history, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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