Fifty years ago today, on February 3, 1971, former First Lady and widow of President John F. Kennedy, by then remarried, made her first and only visit back to the White House. After the trauma of her first husband’s assassination… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Pat Nixon’
The Nixon Family’s White House Halloween Parties of the Seventies: Pumpkin Pictures
In the post-World War II era of consumerism that marked the 1950s, American children began heading out to trick-or-treat on Halloween by the hundreds of thousands, redefining ancient Celtic rituals marking All Hallow’s Eve that were first brought to the… Read More ›
Five Forgotten Feminist First Ladies
Throughout March, many forgotten and overlooked women have been been credited with the bravery, strength, foresight, fairness and honesty they displayed and exemplified in their lifetimes, however belatedly, and who now offer the legacy of example. As happens with all… Read More ›
Debbie Reynolds, Nixon, Nostalgic Politics & Recalcitrant Carrie
Last week’s news of the sudden death by heart attack of actress and writer Carrie Fischer, followed a day later by her beloved mother and Hollywood actress and legend Debbie Reynolds by stroke, provoked numerous recollections of their individual and… Read More ›
Nancy Reagan’s Funeral Follows First Lady Tradition
There is at least one custom common among those who’ve lived in the White House and all who have not. Friends, family and colleagues of everyday folk gather for christenings, graduations, weddings and, yes, funerals. Presidents and First Ladies gather for… Read More ›
First Ladies You Mightn’t Know Were Irish, from Jackie Kennedy to Dolley Madison
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so the saying goes. The leaves of presidential family trees certainly prove this, especially when the definition is widened to include those popularly known as “Scotch-Irish,” a general term which usually (but not… Read More ›
First Ladies, Headscarves & History: A Photo Gallery
Simply put, it is much ado about nothing, which makes it a lot about something else. With all the global media attention focused on the fact that Michelle Obama did not wear a traditional Muslim head scarf to the funeral… Read More ›
Mamie, Jackie, Lady Bird & Pat: Thanksgiving & Four First Ladies of the Mid-Century
From Thursday, November 20 until Sunday November 23, 2014, the National First Ladies Library Blog is running a four-part series pegged to the upcoming holiday, “Thanksgiving and Mid-Century Modern First Ladies.” Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and Pat… Read More ›
In Bed with Jackie Kennedy & Other First Ladies: Some of Their Boudoirs
As the gallery of images in the previous article showing the beds and bedrooms of the U.S. Presidents suggests, they usually had a lot of room to share it. Most did so with their wives. Still, there was nothing to… Read More ›
First Ladies Not Big on Bunnies: White House Easter Egg Roll No-Shows
As National Mother, every First Lady has loved children more than any demographic. So, the history books would have us believe. Certainly that seems to be the case in observing the joyful interactions with little ones among the last seven… Read More ›
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