While the presidency commands the history books, the women standing beside the nation's leaders have quietly wielded immense, ...
WASHINGTON – Betty Ford reportedly said that if the White House West Wing is the “mind” of the nation, then the East Wing – the traditional power center for first ladies – is the “heart.” That “heart” ...
CANTON, Ohio – On the eve of her husband’s inauguration, Julia Grant wrote to her childhood family’s former slave, Kitty, and invited her for a visit to the White House. “Tell the girls for me it is a ...
When bulldozers began to tear down the East Wing of the White House this week to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom, historians raised alarms that important American ...