Making history your story
In my new Booking It Through History: First Ladies post, learn all about a first lady who loved living in the White House, Julia Grant. Her positive personality and charming entertainment helped the country get through some of its most difficult times.
Eliza Johnson was called the "myth of the White House" during her four years as first lady. Read my new Booking It Through History: First Ladies post to see why!
Mary Lincoln is one of the most researched yet misunderstood first ladies in history. Read my new post about her sad life and how her troubled history is still being debated today!
I love reading historical fiction novels about the First Ladies. Check out my new post listing the books you'll want to read about these fascinating women!
Another Booking It Through History month with the First Ladies. This time, I learned more about Jane Pierce, one of the most tragic First Ladies.
Plan a week-long presidential history road trip in Virginia and see why it's called the Mother of Presidents!
Learn about the first First Lady to hold a paying job outside the home in my Booking It Through History: First Ladies post about Abigail Fillmore!
This was a tough month for my Booking It Through History: First Ladies project where I studied the virtually unknown Margaret "Peggy" Taylor. Wife to President Zachary Taylor, she was only First Lady for sixteen months and left many unanswered questions about her life.
While in Nashville, I had to visit Andrew Jackson's Hermitage to check another presidential site off my list. Read my new review about this historic site that is one of the oldest and best preserved presidential homes in the nation.
Learn about the most powerful woman in mid-19th century America in my Booking It Through History: First Ladies focus this month. Sarah Polk was a woman ahead of her times and a true political partner to her husband, establishing a path for modern First Ladies.