Barbara holds the same distinction also held by first lady Abigail Adams––both were not only the wife of a president, but also the mother of another. And at age 63, Barbara was the oldest woman to become first lady and move into the White House.
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Nancy Reagan served as first lady throughout both terms of her husband Ronald Reagan in the years 1981-1989. Nancy was 59 years old when she became first lady.
Continue reading >>Chester Alan Arthur’s wife Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur died just 20 months before Arthur unexpectedly became president following President Garfield’s death. Arthur’s teenage son went to boarding school, but his young daughter Ellen accompanied him to the W
Continue reading >>Lucretia’s tenure as first lady was cut short when an assassin shot her husband in the midst of his very first year as president. The bullet did not kill him immediately, and he suffered a long, drawn-out death because doctors were not able to remove the
Continue reading >>Lucy is the first first lady to have attended and graduated from college. In 1850 she graduated from Ohio Wesleyan Female College in Cincinnati. She was an avid supporter of education reform, as well as equal rights for women, but she disappointed many by
Continue reading >>Julia Grant served as first lady throughout her husband’s (Ulysses Grant) two terms in the years 1869-1877. Julia was 43 years old when she became first lady.
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