http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/americas-first-ladies-2/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2024 20:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/americas-first-ladies-2/#comment-49840 Anne B. Mon, 27 Jun 2024 05:15:49 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18833#comment-49840 Minor correction re: Richard Nixon's wife. Although she was always called Pat, her actual first name was Thelma. Minor correction re: Richard Nixon’s wife. Although she was always called Pat, her actual first name was Thelma.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/americas-first-ladies-2/#comment-49734 Emily Sun, 26 Jun 2024 17:33:10 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18833#comment-49734 Many first ladies were not actually wives but daughters or sisters, especially in the case of Jefferson and many other presidents who were unmarried or widowers. It was a position that could be filled by any female relative in order to provide the current president with their own social event planner. Many first ladies were not actually wives but daughters or sisters, especially in the case of Jefferson and many other presidents who were unmarried or widowers. It was a position that could be filled by any female relative in order to provide the current president with their own social event planner.

]]> http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/americas-first-ladies-2/#comment-49380 Cantankerous Fri, 24 Jun 2024 19:01:38 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18833#comment-49380 The third picture is incorrect. That is not Thomas Jefferson's wife, it is his daughter: Martha Jefferson Randolph. Even if I didn't know that it wasn't his wife, it is obvious from the hair/clothing that it couldn't possibly be a woman painted before 1782 when Jefferson's wife died. The third picture is incorrect. That is not Thomas Jefferson’s wife, it is his daughter: Martha Jefferson Randolph. Even if I didn’t know that it wasn’t his wife, it is obvious from the hair/clothing that it couldn’t possibly be a woman painted before 1782 when Jefferson’s wife died.

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