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• First Ladies' Private Lives

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  Bio Julia Tyler

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  Bio Claudia Johnson

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  Bio Louisa Adams

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  Bio Jacqueline Kennedy

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  Bio Abigail Adams

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  Bio Eleanor Roosevelt

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  Bio Margaret Taylor

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  Bio Elizabeth Truman

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