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This bibliography gleans a comprehensive study of the late 19th century woman through both her status as an unsolicited political figure and her social contributions. Between both tenures of her husband's Presidency to her re-marriage and ardent involvement in the National Security League and Needlework Guild, Frances Cleveland transformed the persona of how the modern woman was viewed for the following century. Particular detail is given as to how she transformed the White House and socio-political landscape of her time with a forethought toward the future.
When she married forty-nine-year-old President Grover Cleveland in a White House ceremony on June 2, 1886, Frances Folsom Cleveland was only twenty-one years old, making her the nation's youngest First Lady. Despite her age, however, Washington society marveled at how quickly the inexperienced Mrs. Cleveland (known as "Frank" to her family and friends) established herself as a social leader and capable spouse. Her popular Saturday receptions and glittering formal social events, combined with the warm and winning personality she displayed during her first two years in the White House, made her one of America's most popular First Ladies. Yet, as Annette Dunlap demonstrates in Frank, there was ...
In this packet, your students will find biographical sketches with detailed information, followed by questions for discussion and research. Students will learn interesting and relevant facts about these First Ladies, and will walk away with a new appreciation for the women that filled this role!
Presents the life and political career of the twenty-second president of the United States, who was the first person to have served two nonconsecutive terms and the only one to get married in the White House.
A history of the Hugh M. O'Neill family of Cleveland, Ohio.
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A biography of the twenty-second president of the United States, detailing his personal life and public service career, from his modest beginnings as a minister's son to his two terms as president.
“Full of rich language that is reminiscent of an old fairy tale. . . . [a] spine-chilling, creative work [and] a well-wrought fantasy.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Following a mysterious incident that leaves her feverish and sopping wet, Triss awakens to a world that’s eerily off-kilter. Her memories are muddled, her sister despises her, and when she brushes her hair, out come crumbled fragments of leaves. Is she going mad? Or has she endured a nightmarish chain of events? Is this related to the illnesses she’s had since her brother died in the Great War? And why is she so hungry? In her search for the truth, Triss ventures from the shelter of her parents’ protective...
Examines the life and presidency of the only man to serve two non-consecutive terms, reveals what really happened on the night President Grover Cleveland's illegitimate son was conceived, and explores the scandal surrounding the child.