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“Mrs. Ike” Volunteers at the Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Canteen, 1942
First Ladies, Mamie Eisenhower, World War II, White House History, Women's History, American History Sharon Leahy 5/24/26 First Ladies, Mamie Eisenhower, World War II, White House History, Women's History, American History Sharon Leahy 5/24/26

“Mrs. Ike” Volunteers at the Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Canteen, 1942

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Presidential Gifts of the Untameable Variety
Presidential History, First Ladies, White House Life, American Culture, Calvin Coolidge Sharon Leahy 5/23/26 Presidential History, First Ladies, White House Life, American Culture, Calvin Coolidge Sharon Leahy 5/23/26

Presidential Gifts of the Untameable Variety

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Mamie Anxiously Waits and Wonders
First Ladies, Mamie Eisenhower, World War II, American History, Wartime America Sharon Leahy 5/19/26 First Ladies, Mamie Eisenhower, World War II, American History, Wartime America Sharon Leahy 5/19/26

Mamie Anxiously Waits and Wonders

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Mamie’s Gift to a Queen: How a First Lady Elevated American Porcelain
First Ladies, American History, White House Life, Presidential Gifts, Art & Culture Sharon Leahy 5/12/26 First Ladies, American History, White House Life, Presidential Gifts, Art & Culture Sharon Leahy 5/12/26

Mamie’s Gift to a Queen: How a First Lady Elevated American Porcelain

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Changing Expectations: Educated Women in the 1840s
First Ladies, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Women's History, Early Republic Sharon Leahy 5/7/26 First Ladies, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Women's History, Early Republic Sharon Leahy 5/7/26

Changing Expectations: Educated Women in the 1840s

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Mollie Parnis Dresses Mamie
First Ladies, American Culture & Fashion, White House Life, 1950s America Sharon Leahy 4/25/26 First Ladies, American Culture & Fashion, White House Life, 1950s America Sharon Leahy 4/25/26

Mollie Parnis Dresses Mamie

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The Color That Sold America: Mamie Eisenhower, Margaret Hayden Rorke, and the Rise of “First Lady Pink”
First Ladies, American History, Cultural History Sharon Leahy 4/24/26 First Ladies, American History, Cultural History Sharon Leahy 4/24/26

The Color That Sold America: Mamie Eisenhower, Margaret Hayden Rorke, and the Rise of “First Lady Pink”

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What Was New York City Like in 1840?
New York History, 19th Century America, First Ladies, Julia Gardiner Tyler Sharon Leahy 4/22/26 New York History, 19th Century America, First Ladies, Julia Gardiner Tyler Sharon Leahy 4/22/26

What Was New York City Like in 1840?

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The Island That Never Changed Hands: Gardiner’s Island and the World That Shaped Julia Gardiner Tyler
Early Republic, First Ladies, New York History, Colonial America Sharon Leahy 4/17/26 Early Republic, First Ladies, New York History, Colonial America Sharon Leahy 4/17/26

The Island That Never Changed Hands: Gardiner’s Island and the World That Shaped Julia Gardiner Tyler

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Eisenhower Visits a King and Gets a Castle
First Ladies, U.S. Presidents, World War II, International Diplomacy, Cultural History Sharon Leahy 4/7/26 First Ladies, U.S. Presidents, World War II, International Diplomacy, Cultural History Sharon Leahy 4/7/26

Eisenhower Visits a King and Gets a Castle

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Mapping the Memories of First Ladies: Lucretia Garfield
First Ladies, Mapping the Memories of First Ladies, Gilded Age, Journalism & Media History Sharon Leahy 3/17/26 First Ladies, Mapping the Memories of First Ladies, Gilded Age, Journalism & Media History Sharon Leahy 3/17/26

Mapping the Memories of First Ladies: Lucretia Garfield

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Mamie Eisenhower and the Orchid Corsage: A Symbol of Inaugural Elegance
First Ladies, Presidential History, American Culture & Fashion, White House History Sharon Leahy 3/7/26 First Ladies, Presidential History, American Culture & Fashion, White House History Sharon Leahy 3/7/26

Mamie Eisenhower and the Orchid Corsage: A Symbol of Inaugural Elegance

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Mapping the Memories of First Ladies: Julia Dent Grant
First Ladies, Mapping the Memories of First Ladies, Nellie Bly Series, White House History, Gilded Age Sharon Leahy 2/26/26 First Ladies, Mapping the Memories of First Ladies, Nellie Bly Series, White House History, Gilded Age Sharon Leahy 2/26/26

Mapping the Memories of First Ladies: Julia Dent Grant

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The Dress That Dressed the Nation: Mamie Eisenhower and Model #448
First Ladies, cultural history, Fashion & Media, Eisenhower Era Sharon Leahy 2/20/26 First Ladies, cultural history, Fashion & Media, Eisenhower Era Sharon Leahy 2/20/26

The Dress That Dressed the Nation: Mamie Eisenhower and Model #448

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Mapping the First Ladies: Nellie Bly Visits Lucy Webb Hayes
Mapping the Memories of First Ladies, First Ladies, Gilded Age, Women in Journalism Sharon Leahy 2/17/26 Mapping the Memories of First Ladies, First Ladies, Gilded Age, Women in Journalism Sharon Leahy 2/17/26

Mapping the First Ladies: Nellie Bly Visits Lucy Webb Hayes

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Mapping the First Ladies: Nellie Bly visits Sarah Polk
First Ladies, Women's History, 19th Century America, Journalism History, Mapping the Memories of First Ladies Sharon Leahy 2/5/26 First Ladies, Women's History, 19th Century America, Journalism History, Mapping the Memories of First Ladies Sharon Leahy 2/5/26

Mapping the First Ladies: Nellie Bly visits Sarah Polk

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Mapping the First Ladies: Nellie Bly Visits Harriet Lane Johnston
First Ladies, Women's History, 19th Century America, Journalism History, Mapping the Memories Sharon Leahy 1/27/26 First Ladies, Women's History, 19th Century America, Journalism History, Mapping the Memories Sharon Leahy 1/27/26

Mapping the First Ladies: Nellie Bly Visits Harriet Lane Johnston

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When an Actress Became First Lady
First Ladies, Early Republic, White House History, Women in History Sharon Leahy 12/7/25 First Ladies, Early Republic, White House History, Women in History Sharon Leahy 12/7/25

When an Actress Became First Lady

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A Halloween Prank in the Ford White House
First Ladies, White House Life, Humor in History Sharon Leahy 11/15/25 First Ladies, White House Life, Humor in History Sharon Leahy 11/15/25

A Halloween Prank in the Ford White House

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The Journey Before the Journey: When Nellie Bly Turned Her Reporter’s Eye to America’s First Ladies
First Ladies, Women in Journalism, presidential history, Nineteenth-century America Sharon Leahy 11/14/25 First Ladies, Women in Journalism, presidential history, Nineteenth-century America Sharon Leahy 11/14/25

The Journey Before the Journey: When Nellie Bly Turned Her Reporter’s Eye to America’s First Ladies

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