Guessing Closed. I’ll draw a winner for the book tomorrow.
I read this book on the First Ladies and now I’m going to see if you can match up these women with one fun piece of trivia from the book. These are hard, so if you all as a group guess all 38 (only goes through Clinton) I will randomly draw one of the 38 and I’ll send that person this book for free (the guesser not the First Lady!). Leave a comment with the # and the name(s) of the First Lady. Guesses are encouraged 🙂
1. The year of her husband’s death she began a 6 year term as a delegate to the United Nations. Eleanor Roosevelt (Susan)
2. She exchanged 1400 love letters with her husband. She died of Bright’s disease in the White House. Ellen Wilson (Heather)
3. She served as president of the Girl Scouts before her death. Lou Hoover (Em)
4. She started the library at the White House. Abigail Fillmore (Nise’)
5. She got her nickname because she was born on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day. Pat Nixon (Linda B)
6. She supported herself as a model before her marriage. Betty Ford (Susan)
7. She was the only First Lady to be born abroad. Louisa Adams (Kate)
8. Spent much of her White House time in mourning over the loss of her 3 sons. Jane Pierce (Heather)
9. First president-general of The Daughters of the American Revolution. Died of TB in the White House. Caroline Harrison (Joy)
10. By the time she was 30 she was an invalid who would be confined to a chair for the rest of her life. Ida McKinley (Heather)
11. Married in the first White House wedding of a President. Frances Cleveland (Em)
12. Met her husband when she was sent to interview him for the Washington Times Herald. Jackie Kennedy (Susan)
13. 1st First Lady to possess a college degree. Lucy Hayes (Nise‘)
14. Taught at the Clarke School for the Deaf until she married. Grace Coolidge (Heather)
15. 1st First Lady to die during her husband’s term in office. Letitia Tyler (Nise’)
16. She was 30 years her husband’s junior. Julie Tyler (Heather)
17. Suffered from a heart problem and Meniere’s disease. Mamie Eisenhower (Heather)
18. Performed in 11 films. Nancy Reagan (Susan)
19. Opened her home to the wounded and the refugees of the Revolutionary War. Abigail Adams (Heather)
20. Transformed a $30,000 radio & tv investment into a $5 million enterprise. Lady Bird Johnson (Linda B)
21. Graduate of Yale Law School. Hillary Clinton (Susan)
22. Prone to headaches & mood swings. In her later years her son had her institutionalized. Mary Lincoln (Linda B)
23. Taught her husband to read & write after they were married. Eliza Johnson (Nise’)
24. Helped arrange widowed President’s social engagements (not her husband). Dolley Madison (Kate)
25. 1st First Lady who was on her second marriage. Martha Washington (Nise’)
26. served as the President’s personal emissary to Latin American countries. Rosalyn Carter (Heather)
27. At her request the original walls of the White House were saved for reconstruction. Elizabeth Truman (Heather)
28. Hosted lavish dinners of 20-30 courses at the White House. Julia Grant (Kate)
29. Contracted malaria and was away recovering when her husband was shot. Lucretia Garfield (Nise’)
30. Met & married her husband at 17. Elizabeth Monroe (Kate)
31. Over her family’s objections she eloped with the future President. Anna Harrison (Heather)
32. When the President suffered 2 strokes she became the official acting president. Edith Wilson (Linda B)
33. At her instigation the first social secretary was hired, allowing her more time with her family. Edith Roosevelt (Heather)
34. Abandoned by her first husband she sought a divorce, a bold decision for the time. Florence Harding (Nise‘)
35. Her religious beliefs put an end to dancing, drinking, and card-playing in the White House. Sarah Polk (Heather)
36. Was in her 60’s when she moved into the White House and her poor health kept her mainly confined to her rooms. Margaret Taylor (Heather)
37. Suffered a stroke 2 months after inauguration, but recovered. Helen Taft (Nise‘)
38. Her son’s dyslexia encouraged her to make literacy a national issue. Barbara Bush (Heather)
Some ladies may fit with more than one, but I think they will only all be chosen once in one way. Good luck! Answers to my last quiz here.
Stacy's Books 
These are mostly guesswork:
1. Eleanor Roosevelt
6. Betty Ford
8. Mary Todd Lincoln
12. Jackie Kennedy
18. Nancy Reagan
19. Dolly Madison
21. Hillary Rodham clinton
25. Betty Ford
29. Mary Todd Lincoln
30. Rosalyn Carter
31. Lady Bird Johnson
You got 5 right!
Well, darn, I wasn’t early enough. I thought I knew 8, 12 and 21, but Susan beat me to all of them.
I’m glad you are encouraging guesses. I agree w/ Susan re. numbers 12 and 21. Here are the rest of my guesses. I feel pretty confident about 5 of them.
1. Eleanor Roosevelt
5. Pat Nixon
15. Ellen Wilson
20. Lady Bird Johnson
22. Mary Lincoln
32. Edith Wilson
34. Rachel Jackson
38. Rosalynn Carter
Susan beat you #1, but you got 4 more right! Rachel Jackson was never Lady since she died a few weeks before inaugeration.
2. Ellen Wilson!!!!
Woo Hoo!
Wow, these are hard.
That’s why I’m encouraging lots of guesses 🙂
I’m clueless but I’ll come back to find out the answers as they are very interesting factoids!
3. Lou Henry Hoover
11. Frances Cleveland
2 for 2!
I should know more but I think #34 is Rachel Jackson but I don’t see her name on the list. On the other hand she died before inauguration day.
Since she died 2 weeks before inauguration she was never First Lady. Good eye though because she did fit this bit of trivia! Go ahead and guess again 🙂
25- nancy reagan???
I think…
7. Louisa Adams
25. Dolley Madison
28. Julia Grant
30. Elizabeth Monroe
17. Mamie Eisenhower
OK, I really have no need to know this – but I believe the answer to #9 is First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison, wife of Benjamin Harrison. I had an American History teacher who was a member of the DAR, and she talked a lot about Caroline. Mrs. Harrison was interested in women’s issues, and also had electricity installed in the White House. My teacher knew a lot more about her, but that’s what I remember. Oh, and she was only five feet tall! (Mrs. Harrison – not my teacher.)
My son just finished a class about the “first ladies” so I may have an unfair advantage as I edited his papers. I hope I remembered correctly.
4 Abigail Powers Fillmore
9 Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
10 Eliza McCardle Johnson
13 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
15 Letitia Christian Tyler
or Ellen Louise Axton Wilson
23 Eliza McCardle Johnson
25 – Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
29 Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
34 Florence Kling Harding
35 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
37 Helen “Nellie” Herron Taft
19. Abigail Adams
16. Julia Tyler
35. Sarah Polk
8. Jane Pierce
10. Ida McKinley
27. Edith Roosevelt
14. Grace Coolidge
26. Rosalynn Carter
31. Anna Harrison
38. Barbra Bush
36. Margaret Taylor
33. Elizabeth Truman
27. Elizabeth Truman
33. Edith Roosevelt
Great job, Heather! I’m glad you found it as fun as I did 🙂
This was such a fun quiz! I had fun looking it all up! Thanks, Stacy!
You just wanted to make sure I gave away the book 🙂 I’ll draw a winner tomorrow. Good luck!
boy nise and heather are really with it.