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• The First Ladies Timeline

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• First Ladies' Private Lives

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  Bio Jacqueline Kennedy

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  Bio Louisa Adams

  The first first lady from outside the United States, Louisa Catherine Adams did not come to this country until four...

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  Bio Abigail Adams

  Inheriting New England's strongest traditions, Abigail Smith was born on November 11, 1744 at Weymouth, Massachusetts. On her mother's side she was...

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  Bio Elizabeth Monroe

  Romance glints from what little is known of Elizabeth Kortright's early life. She was born in New York City in 1768...

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  Bio Dolley Madison

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  Bio Margaret Taylor

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  Bio Julia Tyler

  Born in 1820, Julia Gardiner by the age of 20 was already famous as the "Rose of Long Island." Descended from prominent...

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  Bio Ellen Wilson

  "I am naturally the most unambitious of women and life in the White House has no attractions for me," Ellen...

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  Bio Martha Washington

  "I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else, there is certain bounds set for me which...

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  Bio Anna Harrison

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