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Presiding Ladies of the White House

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Introduction 13

Martha Washington 19

Abigail Adams 23

Martha Jefferson Randolph 27

Dorothy Paine Madison 31

Elizabeth Kortright Monroe 35

Louisa Catherine Adams 39

Rachel Donelson Jackson 43

Angelica Van Buren 47

Anna Symmes Harrison 51

Letitia Christian Tyler 55

Sarah Childress Polk 59

Margaret Smith Taylor 63

Abigail Fillmore 67

Jane Appleton Pierce 71

Harriet Lane 75

Mary Todd Lincoln 79

Eliza McCardle Johnson 83

Julia Dent Grant 87

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes 91

Lucretia Rudolph Garfield 95

Mary Arthur McElroy 99

Frances Folsom Cleveland 103

Caroline Scott Harrison 107

Ida Saxton McKinley 111

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt 115

The White House 121

The East Room 122

The Blue Room 125

The Red Room 125

The Green Room 126

State and Private Dining Rooms 126

The Library 129

The Executive Office 129

Official Etiquette 135

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