Edith Carow was the second wife and First Lady of Theodore Roosevelt. She was a pioneering First Lady in many ways, and strong-willed. Her influence over Theodore was well-known. Here is her...
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Cubby O’Brien: The Mouseketeers, Part 5
Cubby O’Brien is one of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club and is one of the best-known male Mouseketeers to this day. In addition to being an actor, dancer, and singer on the show...
Darlene Gillespie: The Mouseketeers, Part 4
Darlene Gillespie is one of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club. The most popular cast member in the first season, her popularity was usurped by Annette Funicello in the second season...
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Annette Funicello: The Mouseketeers, Part 3
Annette Funicello is perhaps the best known of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club TV show. In addition to being a Mouseketeer and appearing in guest spots in several Disney movies and...
Frances Folsom Cleveland and Ida Saxton McKinley: America’s First Ladies, #24 and 25
Ida Saxton McKinley was the 25th First Lady of the United States. With a promising beginning, she ended up having a tragic life after her marriage to William McKinley. Her husband devoted himself to...
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison: America’s First Ladies, #23
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison was the 23rd First Lady of the United States and a hard-working one at that. Though her health was never robust during her marriage, she took on many duties to make...
Frances Folsom Cleveland: America’s First Ladies, #22
Frances Folsom Cleveland was a First Lady in a very literal sense of the word. She accomplished many firsts for First Ladies while she was one, and after. Here is the interesting story of the...
Mary Arthur McElroy: America’s First Ladies, #21
Chester A. Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, but his wife died a year before he became president. Instead, he asked his sister, Mary Arthur McElroy to take on First Lady duties...