A 2013 - 2014 original C-SPAN feature series telling the stories of America's First Ladies - from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama -
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America's First Ladies — from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama
Florence Harding
First Lady: 1921 - 1923
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  • Florence Harding program
  • Book Release Party for Florence Harding: The First Lady
  • Book Discussion on The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage During the Great War
  • Dealing with political scandals
  • Her career and political savvy
  • Book Discussion on Florence Harding: The First Lady
  • Marriage to Warren and superstitions
  • Her Health
  • White House Artifacts in the Harding Home
  • Working at the Marion Star
  • Front Porch Campaign
  • Web Feature: Her Italian Vase
  • Women's Rights
  • Her Business Sense
  • A Brief Introduction to Florence Harding
  • Author Carl Sferrazza Anthony on Florence Harding

Biography

Florence Harding

Warren Harding
I am content to bask in my husband’s limelight, but I cannot see why anyone should want to be president in the next four years. I can see but one word written over the head of my husband if he is elected and that word is ‘Tragedy.’

Born - August 15, 1860 in Marion, Ohio

Parents - Amos H. Kling & Louisa M. Bouton Kling

Married - July 8, 1891 to Warren Harding (first marriage to Henry Atherton DeWolfe in 1880, divorced in 1886)

Children - “Eugene” Marshall DeWolfe (from first marriage; 1880 – 1915)

Education - Cincinnati Conservatory of Music

Occupation - Circulation manager at Harding’s newspaper

Firsts - 1st First Lady to vote.

Died - November 21, 1924 in Marion, Ohio

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