With Civil War, Death and Debt, find out about the plagued life of Mary Todd Lincoln in the season finale. Bibliography: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/mary-todd-lincoln/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/https://www.mtlhouse.orghttps://www.mtlhouse.org/biographyBetty Boyd Caroli, First Ladies, The Ever-Changing Role, From Martha Washington to Melania Trump, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019) American National Biography Database – Jean H. Baker 1999 Douglas L. Wilson, ‘William H. Herndon and Mary Todd Lincoln,’ Journal od the Abraham Lincoln Association, Summer 2001, Vol. 22, No. 2 , pp. 1-26 Jennifer L. Bach, ‘Acts of Remembrance: Mary Todd Lincoln and Her Husbands Memory,’ Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, Summer, 2004, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 25-49 Rodney A. Ross, ‘Mary Todd Lincoln, Patient at Bellvue Place, Batavia,’ Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) Spring 1970, Vol. 63, No. 1 pp/ 5-34 Wayne C. Temple, ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’s Travels,’ Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) Vol. 52, No. 1 pp. 180-194 Jean H. Baker, ‘Mary Todd Lincoln: Managing Home, Husband, and Children, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, 1990, Vol. 11 (1990) pp. 1-12 https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln/essays/lincoln-1861-firstladyhttp://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=17https://www.whitehousehistory.org/white-house-tour/the-second-floorhttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/press-room-old/press-collection/decorating-the-white-house

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Mary Todd Lincoln

Find out all about Dear Miss. Lane, favoured by Queen Victoria, patron of the first paediatric hospital in the States, and leading figure in federal sponsorship of the arts. Bibliography:https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/harriet-lane/http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=16https://millercenter.org/president/buchanan/essays/lane-1857-firstladyAmerican National Biography Database by Mary K. Dains Lloyd C Taylor Jr. ‘Harriet Lane- Mirror of an Age,’ Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, April, 1963, Vol. 30, No. 2 (April 1963) pp. 212-225Homer T Rosenberger, Harriet Lane Johnston and the Formation of a National Gallery of Art, Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington DC, 1969/1970, Vol. 60/70, pp. 399-442

Harriet Lane

Jane Pierce is remembered for her tragic personal life more than anything else during her tenure as First Lady: find out more in the latest episode of the podcast. Bibliography: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/jane-means-appleton-pierce/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-pierce/Pierre-Marie Loizeau, “First Lady But Second Fiddle” or the rise and rejection of the political couple in the White House: 1933-today,’ European Journal of American Studies, 10-1, 2015 Millard fillmore, Abigail Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Jane M. Pierce, James Buchanan, H.Lane, and Mrs Lincoln, ‘Letters of Presidents of the United States and “Ladies of the White House”, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1902, Vol. 26, No. 1, (1902) pp. 115-125, University of Pennsylvania Press American National Biography Database by Norman F. Boas 1999 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Piercehttp://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=15https://millercenter.org/president/pierce/essays/pierce-1853-firstlady

Jane Means Appleton Pierce

What connects Abigail Fillmore with The Greatest Showman movie? You&apos;ll have to listen to the latest episode of FLOTUSpodcast to find out! Bibliography: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/abigail-powers-fillmore/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/millard-fillmore/https://millercenter.org/president/fillmore/essays/fillmore-1850-firstladyhttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/millard-fillmores-musical-familyhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Abigail-FillmoreAmerican National Biography Database 

Abigail Powers Fillmore

As we creep closer to the Civil War, the presidency of Zachary Taylor shows that the absence of a First Lady leaves room for gossip and speculation to run rife. Bibliography: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/margaret-mackall-smith-taylor/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/zachary-taylor/American National Biography Databasehttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-households-of-president-zachary-taylorhttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/press-room/press-timelines/decorating-the-white-houseZachary Taylor National Cemetryhttps://millercenter.org/president/taylor/essays/taylor-1849-firstladyhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-TaylorPierre-Marie Loizeau, “First Lady But Second Fiddle” or the rise and rejection of the political couple in the White House: 1933-today,’ European Journal of American Studies, Vol. 10 No. 1 2015 pp. 1-11http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=13

The Taylor Women

The most politically minded First Lady so far, find out more about how Sarah Polk enhanced her husband&apos;s political career in the latest episode. Bibliography:https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/sarah-childress-polk/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-k-polk/American National Biography DatabaseSarah Agnes, Wallace, Sarah Polk, John W. Childress, ‘Letters of Mrs. James K. Polk to Her Husband,’ Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, No.3, September 1952 pp. 282-288 https://millercenter.org/president/polk/essays/polk-1845-firstladyPaul H. Bergeron, ‘All in the Family: President Polk in the White House,’ Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 1, (spring 1987) p. 10-20  Jayne Crumpler DeFiore, ‘COME, and Bring the Ladies: Tennessee Women and the Politics of Opportunity during the presidential Campaigns of 1840 and 1844,’ Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 4, (Winter, 1992) pp. 197-212Conover Hunt, ‘Fashion and Frugality, First Lady Sarah Polk,’ Journal of the White House Historical Association Number 32https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-households-of-james-k-polkhttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-red-room-in-the-polk-white-househttps://jameskpolk.com/history/Jewel A. Smith, ‘Academic and Music Curricula in Nineteenth-Century American Women’s Education: A Comparison of the Moravian Young Ladies’ Seminary and Nazareth Hall,’ Music Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 2, (Summer 2007) pp. 275-306 

Sarah Childress Polk

An invalid, an actress and a socialite; this episode we take at look at how Letitia, Priscilla and Julia Tyler all forged the First Lady role during the administration of "His Accidency," John Tyler. Bibliography:https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/letitia-christian-tyler/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/julia-gardiner-tyler/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-tyler/American National Biography Database Evelyn L. Pugh, ‘Women and Slavery: Julia Gardiner Tyler and the Duchess of Sutherland,’ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 88, No. 2, (April, 1980) pp. 186-202 https://millercenter.org/president/tyler/essays/tyler-letitia-1841-firstladyhttps://millercenter.org/president/tyler/essays/tyler-julia-1841-firstladyChristopher J. Leahy, ‘Playing Her Greatest Role: priscilla Cooper Tyler and the Politics of the White House Social Scene, 1841-44,’ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 120, No. 3, (2012) pp. 236-69 

The Tyler Women

We discuss the FLOTUS who held the title for the shortest amount of time, Anna Harrison! Nevertheless, there are some important things we can learn from her... Bibliography:https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/anna-tuthill-symmes-harrison/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/william-henry-harrison/American National Biography database https://millercenter.org/president/harrison/essays/harrison-1841-anna-firstlady https://millercenter.org/president/harrisonhttps://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/anna-harrisonReginald Horsman, ‘William Henry Harrison: Virginia Gentleman in the Old Northwest,’ Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 96, No. 2, (June 2000) pp. 125-149 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anna-Harrisonhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Isabella-Marshall-GrahamDorothy G. Becker, ‘Isabella Graham and Joanna Bethune: Trailblazers of Organized Women’s Benevolence,’ Social Service Review, Vol. 61, No. 2, (Jun 1987) pp. 319-336 

Anna Harrison

Despite the fact that Van Buren had been a widower for 18 years by the time he enters office, we take a look at the experiences of his late wife and his daughter-in-law, who eventually acts as White House hostess during his tenure. Many thanks to all the providers of the following resources:https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/hannah-hoes-van-buren/https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/martin-van-buren/American National Biography Database by Marilynn Wood Hill https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-households-of-martin-van-burenhttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-angelica-singleton-van-burenJoseph G. Rayback, Martin Van Buren: His Place in the History of New York and the United States, New York History, Vol. 64, No. 2, (April, 1983) pp. 120-135 Robert P. Watson, The First Lady Reconsidered: Presidential Partner and Political Institution, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4, Fall 1997 pp. 805-818 Nicoline Van Der Sijs, Cookies, Coleslaw and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Language, (Amsterdam University Press, 2009) 

The Van Buren Women

Tune in for a round up of Season 1 and a trailer of Season 2 

Season 2 Trailer

In the final episode of our early republic series, we have a change of scene at look to life on the frontier with Rachel Jackson and Emily Donelson before Andrew Jackson takes the White House.Shownotes:https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/rachel-donelson-jackson/American National Biography Database Harriet Chappell Owsley, ‘The Marriages of Rachel Donelson,’ Tennessee Historical Society, Vol. 36, No. 4, (Winter 1977) pp. 479-492 Stanley F. Horn ‘The Hermitage: Home of Andrew Jackson,’ Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 1, (March 1961) p. 3-19 Robert P. Watson, ‘The First Lady Reconsidered: Presidential Partner and Political Institution,’  Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4, (Fall 1997) p. 805-818 Lewis L. Laska, “The Dam’st Situation Ever Man Was Placed In”: Andrew Jackson, David Allison, and the frontier Economy of 1795-96,’ Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 4, (Winter 1995) p. 336-347 Jeff Smith, ‘Lords (and Ladies) of Misrule: Carnival, Scandal, and Satire in the Age of Andrew Jackson,’ Studies in American Humor, New Series 3, No 12, (2005) pp. 52-82 https://thehermitage.com/learn/andrew-jackson/family/rachel/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/not-a-ragged-mob-the-inauguration-of-1829Pauline Wilcox Burke, Emily Donelson of Tennessee, Garrett and Massie, Richmond, VA, 1941https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/emily-donelsonhttps://millercenter.org/president/jackson/essays/jackson-1829-firstladyhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/andrew-jackson/https://millercenter.org/president/jackson/life-in-brief

The Jackson Women

In this episode we explore the life of Louisa Catherine Adams, the first non-native First Lady who spent much time at the court of Tsar Alexander I before ascending to the White House.Shownotes: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/louisa-catherine-johnson-adams/American National Biography Database Joan R. Challinor, ‘The Mis-Education of Louisa Catherine Johnson,’ Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 98 (1986)p. 21-48 L. H. Butterfield, ‘Taming a Drangon-Killer: Notes for the Biographer of Mrs. John Quincy Adams,’ Proceeding of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 118, No.2 (April 19 1974) pp. 165-178 Catherine Allgor, “A Republican in a Monarchy”: Louisa Catherine Adams in Russia,’ Diplomatic History, Vol. 21, No 1, (Winter, 1997) pp. 15-43 Margery M. Heffron, “A Fine Romance”: The Courtship Correspondence between Louisa Catherine Johnson and John Quincy Adams,’ The New England Quarterly, Vol. 83, No. 2, (June 2010) pp. 200-218 https://www.masshist.org/adams/louisa_catherine_adams https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-enslaved-household-of-john-quincy-adams

Louisa Catherine Adams

This episode we discuss the life and changes to the First Lady role made by Elizabeth Monroe.Show Notes: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/elizabeth-kortright-monroe/https://millercenter.org/president/monroe/essays/monroe-1817-firstladyhttps://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/elizabeth-monroeAmerican National Biography Database Entry Fred I. Greenstein, ‘The Political Professionalism of James Monroe,’ Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 2, (June 2009) p. 275-282 Gerard W. Gawalt, ‘James Monroe, Presidential Planter,’ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 101, No. 2, (April 1993) pp. 251-272Andrew Burstein, ‘Jefferson’s Madison versus Jefferson’s Monroe,’ Presidential Studies Quarterly, vol. 28, No. 2, (Spring, 1998) pp. 394-408 Arthur Scherr, ‘Governor James Monroe and the Southampton Slave Resistance of 1799,’ The Historians, Vol. 61, No. 3, (Spring 1999) pp. 557-578 Traci Watson, ‘A Residence Fit for a President,’ Archaeology, Vol. 70, No. 4, (July/August, 2017) pp. 34-37David L. Holmes, ‘The Religion of James Monroe,’ The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 79, No. 4, (Autumn, 2003) pp. 589-606 https://www.whitehousehistory.org/reflections-after-the-firehttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/fashion-and-frugalityhttps://www.whitehousehistory.org/articles-of-the-best-kind

Elizabeth Monroe

In this episode, discover how "Queen Dolley" reshaped the existing social norms in Washington DC, renovated the White House, and became a symbol of national unity. Shownotes: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/dolley-payne-todd-madison/American Nation Biography Database Merry Ellen Scofield, ‘Yea or Nay to Removing the Seat of Government: Dolley Madison and the Realities of 1814 Politics,’ The Historian, Vol. 74. No. 3, (Fall 2012) pp. 449-466John Todd Jr, Dolley P. Todd, J. Madison Jr. and Paul G. Sifton, ‘What a Dread Prospect…”: Dolley Madison’s Plague Year,’ The Pennsylvania magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 87, No. 2, (April 1963) pp. 182-188Holly C. Schulman, ‘Madison V. Madison: Dolley Payne Madison and her Inheritance of the Montpelier Estate, 1836- 1838, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 119, No. 4, (2011) pp. 350-398Allen C. Clark, Life and Letters of Dolly Madison, (Press of W. F. Roberts Company Washington D.C. 1914)  https://www.montpelier.org/learn/tag/dolley-madisonhttps://www.montpelier.org/learn/dolley-madison-becoming-americas-first-ladyCatherine Allgor chapter ‘Dolley Madison A Case Study in Southern Style,’ pp. 201-221 in Cynthia A. Kierner, Sandra Gioia Treadway Virginia Women, Their Lives and Times, University of Georgia press, (2015)Catherine Allgor, “Queen Dolley” Saves Washington City’ Washington History, Vol. 12, No. 1, (spring summer 2000) p. 54-69 Robert P. Watson, ‘The “White Glove Pulpit”: A History of Policy Influence by First Ladies,’ OAH Magazine of History, Vol. 15, No. 3, First Ladies (Spring 2001) pp. 9-14 Catherine Allgor, “Believeing the Ladies had Great Influence”: Early National American Women’s Patronage in Transatlantic Context,’ American Political Thought, Vol. 4, No. 1, (Winter 2015) pp. 39-71 Cynthia D. Earman, ‘Remembering the Ladies: Women, Etiquette, and Diversions in Washington City, 1800-1814,’ Washington History, Vol. 12, No. 1, (Spring/Summer 2000) pp. 102-117http://www.montpelier.orghttps://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/dolley-madison

Dolley Madison

This episode explores the wife and daughter of the third President, Thomas Jefferson, who was the first widower to fill the role. Step back in time to the early Republic via revolutionary Paris to discover how a lack of a presidential spouse highlighted the gendered roles taking shape in the early years of the presidency.Shownotes:https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/martha-wayles-skelton-jefferson/Review: Dinah Mayo-Bobee, ‘Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello, Her life and Times by Cynthia A. Kierner, West Virginia History, New Series, Vol. 7, No. 2, (Fall 2013) p. 124-125Geraldine Brooks, Dames and Daughters of the Young Republic, Thomas Y. Cromwell and Co New York, 1901) Catherine Kerrison, ‘The French Education of Martha Jefferson Randolph,’ Early American Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, (Spring 2013) pp. 349-394 American National Biography Databasehttps://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/martha-wayles-skelton-jeffersonhttp://www.firstladies.org/blog/first-ladies-never-married-to-presidents-martha-randolph/https://millercenter.org/president/jefferson/essays/madison-1801-firstladyCynthia A. Kierner, ‘Martha Jefferson and the American Revolution in Virginia,’ in Children and Youth in a New Nation , eds. James Marten, NYU Press, New York, 2009 Cynthia A. Kierner, ‘The President’s Daughter,’ in Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello, University of North Carolina Press, 2012 

The Jefferson Women

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