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Helen Herron Taft was intelligent, politically savvy, and ambitious for her husband. Their marriage was a strong partnership. She died on May 22, 1943, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) was born to a wealthy Cincinnati family. Music was her life-long passion.
1 de mar. de 2024 · Helen Herron Taft – First Lady of the United States. March 1, 2024 by Michael Robert Patterson. As “the only unusual incident” of her girlhood, “Nellie” Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White House at 17 as the guest of President and Mrs.Hayes, intimate friends of her parents.
9 de abr. de 2015 · When Helen Herron Taft became the nation’s first lady in March 1909, Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore had been vainly struggling for almost a quarter-century to interest Superintendents of the U.S. Army’s Office of Public Buildings and Grounds in planting Japanese flowering cherry trees to beautify the driveway of Potomac Park.
20 de nov. de 2014 · Recollections of Full Years: (Annotated) As ambitious as her husband, William Howard Taft, Helen Herron may be the most underrated of all our First Ladies. She encouraged Taft in all his political accomplishments and he may not have become president without her. He preferred the judiciary and eventually became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Helen Herron Taft. Helen "Nellie" Taft was the wife of President William Howard Taft and First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913. During their marriage, she relished travel to Japan, China, and diplomatic missions around the world. As "the only unusual incident" of her girlhood, "Nellie" Herron Taft recalled her visit to the White ...
Helen Taft was born on 2nd June, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to John Williamson Herron and Harriet Collins Herron. Her father, a district attorney, judge and Republican Party activist was at good terms with the then President due to a law partnership with him. She was the fifth out of the ten siblings and called ‘Nellie’ during childhood.
Helen Louise Herron “Nellie” Taft (June 2, 1861 – May 22, 1943) was the wife of William Howard Taft and First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the fourth child of Judge John Williamson Herron (1827–1912), a law partner of Rutherford B. Hayes, and Harriet Collins-Herron (1833–1901), Nellie ...
