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America's First Ladies — from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama
Mamie Eisenhower
First Lady: 1953 - 1961
Click the list to watch videos
  • Mamie Eisenhower program
  • 1999 Interview with John Eisenhower
  • The Pink Bedroom at the Eisenhower Farm in Gettysburg
  • 1956 Campaign Ad
  • Her Style
  • Life at the Eisenhower Farm in Gettysburg
  • Running the White House
  • Entertaining at the Eisenhower Farm in Gettysburg
  • 1952 Campaign Memorabilia
  • Eisenhower Farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • 1956 Birthday Celebration
  • 1956 Birthday Celebration Introduction
  • Web Feature: Her Report Cards & Passports
  • First Televised Campaign
  • Grandchildren in the White House
  • Edith Mayo on Mamie Eisenhower's Image
  • Marriage
  • Her Role in Campaigning
  • As First Lady
  • Meeting her Husband
  • Her Image
  • First TV First Lady
  • Life in the White House
  • A Military Wife
  • Bill Seale on Mamie Eisenhower's Entertaining
  • Image
  • Entertaining Style
  • Her Influence
  • 1956 Repbulican National Convention
  • TV dinners in the White House
  • Role in the White House
  • Mamie Eisenhower White House Redecorating
  • Great Wives of Great Presidents

Biography

Mamie Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower
I’ve just had the first good night’s sleep I’ve had since we’ve been in the White House. Our new bed finally got here, and now I can reach over and pat Ike on his old bald head any time I want to!

Born - November 14, 1896 in Boone, Iowa

Parents - John Sheldon Doud & Elivera Carlson Doud

Married - July 1, 1916 to Dwight D. Eisenhower

Children - Dwight Doud (1917 – 1920),
John Sheldon (1922 – present)

Firsts - 1st First Lady to appear in a televised presidential campaign ad

Post White House residence - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Died - November 1, 1979 in Washington, D.C.

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