There are some individuals who, no matter how long they are gone, are worth remembering. Over half a century has passed since she died, but the vision and the work of Eleanor Roosevelt still reverberates. Coming to the White House… Read More ›
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Five Presidents Who Went to War & Killed Themselves For It: FDR (Part 4)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II Even before he was permanently paralyzed by polio in 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt had been inscrutable. He was sly in manipulating those around him with an infectious charm and wily in foreseeing long-range… Read More ›
Bess Truman Rocks The Back Porch & Her Only Recorded Interview
Labor Day may have ended the ceremonial end of summer but its not official until September 21 and in certain parts of the country, the ninth month can be more beastly muggy than the eighth one. Few places seem more… Read More ›
Speculating on Presidential Sexuality & the first Lesbian First Lady
As early as 1802, when journalist James Callendar first published snide suggestions that President Thomas Jefferson was conducting something of a romance and sexual relationship with African-American Sally Hemings, who was enslaved by him, there has been no hesitation by… Read More ›
Frank’s First Ladies: Sinatra & Jackie, Nancy, & Eleanor
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Michelle Obama’s Chicago Speech in Historic Context
Michelle Obama’s greatly-anticipated Chicago speech Wednesday, addressing the issue of gun violence in the city where she was born, raised and returned to after law school was a significant moment n her tenure as First Lady for several reasons. Foremost,… Read More ›
At the Heart of Hillary Clinton: A First Lady of the World’s Core Values
It was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson who, upon Eleanor Roosevelt‘s 1962 death, called her a “First Lady of the World,” a reflection of her years as Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women… Read More ›
A Centennial Gallery of Lady Bird Johnson & her First Lady Sorority”
Today, just three days before Christmas as it always was, is Lady Bird Johnson’s birthday. This year marks her centennial. She is rightly remembered, in terms of her public contributions, as a pioneer in raising public awareness about the encroaching… Read More ›
Christmas at the White House: First Families at Home for the Holiday, Part 4
This is the fourth and final article in the series Christmas at the White House. You can find the previous three at the links at the end of this article. If contemporary observers expect a “theme” each succeeding year of… Read More ›
Christmas at the White House: First Families & Holiday Charities, Part 3
Living in the White House affords even Presidential families who neither earned nor inherited great wealth a privileged lifestyle and while many have privately and publicly supported various charitable organizations or risen to the occasion in the time of a… Read More ›
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