On February 14, 1901, just over three months after he won re-election to a second term and eighteen days before his second inauguration, President William McKinley and his wife, First Lady Ida McKinley hosted the fourth of the five White… Read More ›
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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 ›
When First Ladies Met Popes: A Photo Essay, 1841-2015
Last week, Roman Catholic Pope Francis made his first trip to the United States. Upon his arrival in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Barack Obama welcomed the Pope to Washington directly at the airport, rather than wait for his arrival at… Read More ›
A Humbug President’s Hubris: Take My Mountain Please!
It was President Warren G. Harding who liked to tell a story about his fellow Ohio Republican President William McKinley that revealed his predecessor’s character, about “the pose and love of the dramatic in McKinley that few people realized.” While… 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 ›
The Disabled First Lady with the Napkin-Covered Face Myth
Only after he had died while he was President did the general public finally learn what most of the White House press corps knew, but had tacitly agreed not to disclose: while leading the nation through the Great Depression and… Read More ›
Media Alert: Carl Anthony on C-Span First Ladies Series, Monday June 10, Ida McKinley
On Monday, June 10, two days after her birthday (and a few days before his own) Ida McKinley’s new biographer, author of this website, will appear on the C-Span First Ladies series, the second such one, following discussion of Lucretia… Read More ›
A Short History of First Lady Hair’Dos & its Big Bang Theory
In the one week since First Lady Michelle Obama had her hair cut and styled with bangs, this apparently momentous shift of the planetary system has generated a level of grave and serious reporting rivaling predictions on how the imminent… Read More ›
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