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Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt, July 20, 1933. (Library of Congress Prints and

Essay

Eleanor Roosevelt as First Lady

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), one of the most admired women in American history, acted as first lady from 1933 until 1945, longer than any other presidential...

Dolley Madison (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

Essay

Dolley Madison: First Lady and Queen

Whatever else you can say about Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768–1849), she was famous. She was so well known and well regarded in her lifetime that, at her death in 1849, both houses of Congress adjourned, along with the Supreme Court, to join President Zachary Taylor, escorting her coffin in the largest...

Glossary Term – Event

Black delegation at White House

Abraham Lincoln welcomed a black delegation at the White House. He was the first president to do so.