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Showing posts with label First Lady. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Lady. Show all posts

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Lucy Webb Hayes

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, (28 August 1831 – 25 June 1889) was a First Lady of the United States and the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Mrs. Hayes had been a supporter of the women's rights movement. After her marriage she followed her husband's beliefs that women should take care of the home and family. They had eight children. Three of the eight died in infancy. When he became President, she banned alcohol from the White House, earning her the nickname 'Lemonade Lucy'. Still, her parties and diplomatic events at the mansion were well-received, and it was said that the First Lady's cheerful spirit eased the atmosphere almost as well as liquor might have.She was antislavery throughout her life. 
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

Jackie Kennedy

Jacqueline Bouvier by David Berne in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. 1935
Jackie Kennedy holds son John F. Kennedy, Jr., born November 25, 1960, 16 days after his father, John F. Kennedy won the presidential election.

Jacqueline "JackieLee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th President of the United StatesJohn F. Kennedy, and First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Five years later she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis; they remained married until his death in 1975. For the final two decades of her life, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had a career as a book editor. She is remembered for her contributions to the arts and preservation of historic architecture, her style, elegance, and grace.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt, her father, Elliot, and her brothers, Elliot, Jr and Gracie Hall in New York, c. 1892


Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. c. 1898
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