Martha Washington 1731-1802 George Washington's wife was the first to be given the title "lady" by the press, as in "Lady Washington," and the first wife ... .   Grace Coolidge 1879-1957 Calvin Coolidge's wife worked as a teacher of deaf students, and became the first first lady to speak in sound newsreels. Lou Hoover 1874-1944 Herbert Hoover's wife was the first woman to graduate from Stanford University with a geology degree. She also spoke Chinese fluently.   Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962 Franklin D. Roosevelt's wife was ... East Wing.   Nancy Reagan 1921- Ronald Reagan's wife worked as...

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... times passed, rarely refusing an autograph or picture, taking advice of locals, and at one stop in Frostburg at a place called the Princess, they were having lunch when the owner George Pappas asked Mr. Truman if he would take the time to visit his 92 yr old, lifelong Democrat mother who was very ill. Truman graciously obliged and of his visit ... the Union address on January 6, 1947, was the first to be televised" (pg 157)." When the need for someone to oversee a major humanitarian issue arose, Truman called on former president Herbert Hoover, who was so successful that Truman undid wh...

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