Carl Sferrazza Anthony: 2 books
Nellie Taft
The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
On the morning of William Howard Taft's inauguration, Nellie Taft publicly expressed that theirs would be a joint presidency by shattering precedent and demanding that she ride alongside her husband down Pennsylvania Avenue, a tradition previously held for the outgoing president. In an era before...
Ida McKinley
The Turn-of-the-Century First Lady Through War, Assassination, and Secret Disability
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Published in cooperation with The National First Ladies Library
This is the first full-length biography of Ida Saxton McKinley (1847– 1907), the wife of William McKinley, president of the United States from 1897 to his assassination in 1901. Long demeaned by history because she suffered from...