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Tag Archives: American First Ladies
Bess Truman and The Airplane
Few First Ladies were as reluctant as Bess Truman. Bess: The Reluctant Everything Bess Wallace (1885-1982) was considered outgoing and personable all the way through high school. She was a good student, an excellent athlete (a rarity at the turn … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman
Tagged American First Ladies, American history, Bess Truman's family life, Bess Wallace Truman, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Bess Truman, First Lady History, Harry Truman, history, Margaret Truman, Mrs. Truman christens a plane, President Harry S Truman, President Harry Truman, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Dolley Madison’s Wednesday Squeezes
It did not start out to be a major event – but it became the benchmark of Washington society for nearly two decades. Washington 1801: Martha Washington and Abigail Adams, were both in their late fifties when they became First … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison
Tagged Abigail Adams, American First Ladies, American history, Catherine Allgor, Dolley Madison, Entertaining at the White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, Historian Catherine Allgor, history, James Madison, MArtha Washington, Mrs. Madison, President James Madison, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Secretary of State James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, White House history
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Moving Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Doud was only nineteen when she married recent West Point graduate Lt. Dwight Eisenhower. Young Army Bride Mamie’s parents, John and Elivera Doud were not happy about their daughter’s marriage. They adored Dwight David Eisenhower, and would consider … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tagged American First Ladies, American history, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, FIrst Lady Mamie Eisenhower, General Eisenhower, General Ike, history, Ike Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower's military life, Mrs. Ike, President Dwight Eisenhower, Presidential history, US history
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The Stewardship of the Second Mrs. Wilson
“Steward” was the word that Edith Bolling Wilson used to describe herself during the last 18-months of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, when he suffered a crippling stroke. Edith Bolling Wilson: A Conspiracy Theory? Modern historians, freed by the distance of a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Woodrow Wilson
Tagged "the first woman president", American First Ladies, American history, Dr. Cary Grayson, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Edith Wilson, First World War, history, Joseph Tumulty, League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, Thomas R. Marshall, US history, Vice President Thomas Marshall, White House history, Wilson physician Cary Grayson, Wilson secretary Joseph Tumulty, Wilson VP Marshall, Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson's stroke, World War I
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