Presidential History Blog
A fine WordPress.com site
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Feather Schwartz Foster
  • About My Blog

Tag Archives: Harry Truman becomes President

Bess Truman’s First Press Conference

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Few First Ladies were more reluctant to be in the public eye than Bess Truman. Mrs. Truman becomes FLOTUS Late in the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Bess Truman (1885-1982) received a phone call from her husband. There was a … Continue reading →

Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Harry S Truman | Tagged American history, Bess Truman, Bess Truman's mother, Chief Justice Harlan Stone, Eleanor Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Bess Truman, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady History, Harry S Truman, Harry Truman becomes President, history, Madge Gates Wallace, Madge Wallace, Mrs. Harry Truman, President Franklin D Roosevelt, President Harry S Truman, Presidential history, Presidential wives, the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, White House history US history | 2 Comments
  • Recent Posts

    • Lafayette’s Sentimental Journey: 1824-25
    • Martin Van Buren: The Irony of 1840
    • John Quincy Adams: Weights and Measures
    • Dolley Madison: The Recipe Swap
    • Hodgenville: The First Lincoln Memorial
  • Archives

  • Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 160 other followers

  • Meta

    • Register
    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.com
  • Nifty Sites to Check

    • Americacomesalive.com
    • American-Presidents
    • Best Presidential Bios
    • Following the Presidents
    • Hungry4History
    • Nerd Trips
  • Categories

    • A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog
    • Abraham Lincoln
    • American Civil War
    • Andrew Jackson
    • Andrew Johnson
    • Benjamin Harrison
    • Calvin Coolidge
    • Chester Arthur
    • Dwight D. Eisenhower
    • Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • Franklin Pierce
    • George Washington
    • Grover Cleveland
    • Harry S Truman
    • Herbert Hoover
    • James Buchanan
    • James Garfield
    • James K. Polk
    • James Madison
    • James Monroe
    • John Adams
    • John Quincy Adams
    • John Tyler
    • Martin Van Buren
    • Millard Fillmore
    • Nifty History People
    • Presidential Sites
    • Recommended Reading
    • Rutherford Hayes
    • Theodore Roosevelt
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • Ulysses S. Grant
    • Warren G. Harding
    • William Henry Harrison
    • William Howard Taft
    • William McKinley
    • Woodrow Wilson
    • Zachary Taylor
Presidential History Blog
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy