This 1863 gown, worn by Mary Todd Lincoln, is an exquisite example of fashionable dress from the early 1860s. With its fabric and details, it reveals more about the creator, Elizabeth Keckley, an accomplished seamstress who is integral to fashion history. fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1863-keckley-s…

Mary Lincoln was a well-educated, politically astute woman whose unwavering support helped carry #AbrahamLincoln to greatness. As first lady, she was committed to preserving the Union. She suffered the loss of her husband and three of her children.

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Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the World

'The story is over' That is what ER told reporters several days after FDR's death. She seemed to believe, at least for a moment, that her role on the national stage had ended. But ER's story was far from over. (1/4)
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#OTD in 1963, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy pose for a portrait in the recently redesigned Yellow Oval Room in the White House.

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.. #WomensHistoryMonth is about over. IMO, Abigail Adams wrote one of the most heartbreaking letters to her husband John concerning the Battle of Bunker Hill.

“The Day: perhaps the decisive day is come on which the fate of America depends. My bursting heart must find vent at my…

As first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy traveled abroad with President Kennedy, and made a goodwill trip to India and Pakistan in March 1962.

Photos from that trip: jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jf…

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#AbrahamLincoln and Mary Todd broke off their first engagement at the start of 1842. They would reconcile and marry later in the year, but their split tore at Lincoln. 'That still kills my soul,' he said. #AbeSays

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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy visit with Tex, a pony given to Caroline as a gift from Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Johnson, and Lynda Bird Johnson observe. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. 17th May 1962.

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#OTD March 22, 1797: President Adams writes to his wife Abigail complaining that George Washington's servants left the President's House in a shambles after 'Scandalous Drinking and Disorder'.

Harry Truman once remarked that Abigail Adams 'would have been a better president than her husband.' nps.gov/adam/learn/his…

When she became first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy knew she wanted to take on a restoration of the White House, to show the evolving history of the people who had lived and worked there.

Learn more: jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jf…

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JFK and Jackie in Boston’s #StPatricksDay parade, 1958
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Jacqueline Bouvier began work as the “Inquiring Camera Girl' for the Washington-Times Herald in late 1951. She asked people about the issues of the day and took their photos for her column.

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It’s #WomensHistoryWednesdays !
Sweet, sensible, affectionate, joyous: that was Annie Payne Causten, #DolleyMadison ’s niece and companion, shown in this #MathewBrady daguerreotype. Read more here: buff.ly/3If6YNg
National Portrait Gallery #womenshistorymonth Saving Places

(1/3) #DaylightSavingTime wasn’t adopted in the United States till 1918, so the Madisons didn’t have to worry about resetting their clock to #SpringAhead . James Madison Sr. ordered a tall case clock from Fredericksburg cabinetmaker Thomas Walker ca. 1773.

Happy Thursday! Check out these photos of the White House Blue Room before and after First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s restoration.

📷: JFK Library

(1/3) It’s #WomensHistoryWednesdays ! Anna Maria Thornton was a friend of the Madisons who painted a watercolor of the Montpelier house and its proposed temple. Thornton also kept a #diary of her life in Washington from 1793 to 1865.

Jacqueline Bouvier was only a year old when her mother Janet put her on a horse. By the time she was 11, Jackie had already won several national championships.

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We're ready for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society #FlowerShow ! 💐🌷

This floral needlework belonged to Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis, the granddaughter of Martha Washington.

Learn more about the Custis family in our Witness to Revolution special exhibit: bit.ly/4136uCr