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Timeline (page 6 of 8)

Timeline (page 6 of 8)

The First Ladies at the Smithsonian

Florence Kling Harding

First Lady 1921–1923

Grace Goodhue Coolidge

First Lady 1923–1929

Lou Henry Hoover

First Lady 1929–1933

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady 1933–1945

Bess Wallace Truman

First Lady 1945–1953

Mamie Doud Eisenhower

First Lady 1953–1961