Frances Folsom Cleveland was a celebrity first lady unlike almost any before her, and the mass production of her image to sell a variety of goods by the American Consumer industry in the mid1880s angered both her and her husband, president Grover Cleveland. To help us understand the Frances Cleveland sensation sweeping the country, we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue as a curious nation waited for the details of a 49yearold bachelor president marrying his 21yearold bride inside the white house for the first and only time in our countrys history, launching Frances Cleveland into instant celebrity. Youre standing in the cross hall of the modern white house. Its the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2, 1886, when president Grover Cleveland and his bridetobe, Frances Folsom, came down what was then the large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. They would have proceeded down the hallway. The music started up at the east side behind
Announcer American History tv was live on saturday from marion, ohio, for a modern symposium on first ladies, from Florence Harding to Michelle Obama. That was the theme of the annual warren g. Harding symposium at Ohio State University at mary and it is about four hours. Host and now entitled paving the way, we you please welcome the two rector of special events at the National First lady library, lucinda fraley. Lucinda thank you. And thank you, everyone, who was involved in the symposium. You have absolutely no how thrilled we are to be here. Anytime we get a chance to present first ladies, we always look forward to it. Our mission, really good, which is to educate the public about the lives and the activities of the first ladies of this country, and believe me, they were all wonderful, and as i was talking to somebody at the reception we think all of the president s were quite intelligent. Every one of them, because they were smart enough to marry the woman who became their life pa
This is about 30 minutes. Frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her. And the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods by the consumer industry angered her and her husband, president Grover Cleveland. To help us understand the sensation sweeping the country we begin our story inside 1600 pennsylvania avenue. For the first and only time in our countries history. Watching Frances Cleveland into instant celebrity. This is the modern white house. It is the same basic layout as it would have been on june 2. When president Grover Cleveland and his bride to be came down what was then about large staircase to the family quarters at the west end of this corridor. They would have proceeded on the hallway, the music started up at the east side behind us here where the United States marine band was assembled. The famous John Philip Sousa played the wedding march as the happy couple came down the hallway. They would have passed through these doors, these very s
In the courtroom, they are fighting to save their careers and lives. The last image i wanted to bring to your attention is a. There was a book fair in chicago 10 years ago. Those are wonderful things to go to. For historical research, you can get some great finds. There was, wrapped up in plastic, front page copy of the sinking, july 25. There was a wonderful cartoon that to me, after all the years of research, brings it in chilling fashion to life. The cartoonists blaming greed for the shipwreck. This is a pretty good representation. This has actually shipped the tipped the ship the wrong way. But, the point is well made. That brings to a close the image portion of the presentation. I would be happy to take some questions. We have some books. Some questions . I was in chicago for a few days and took an agricultural tour of the smell river. It is in the middle of chicago. Smale river. It is in the middle of chicago. I get on my boat in south michigan. You were very close. You were at m
Us for another program celebrating americas first ladies. In the lobby at the ticket desk, youll find a palm card which talk about some of our other upcoming events. Also dealing with our first ladies exhibition. Were honored today to have Annette Dunlap as our speaker. Annette was awarded an mba from Washington University at st. Louis. And has more than 30 years of experience as a writer, speaker and entrepreneurial consultant. In her spare time when shes not raising cattle on a 29acre farm in north carolina, annette writes books. Her first biography was frank the story of Francis Folsom cleveland, americas youngest first lady. And her second book, the gamblers daughter a social and personal history involved a bit of autobiography in exploring her fathers gambling addiction. Dunlaps Current Research brings her to Lou Henry Hoover. She has twice been a recipient of the hoover president ial foundations travel grants for visiting scholars, allowing annette to mind the Lou Henry Hoover ma