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Sarah Childress Polk was born on September 4, 1803, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The daughter of Captain Joel and Elizabeth Childress, Sarah was wealthy and well-educated. She attended the Moravians’ Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the few institutions of higher learning available to women at the time.
4 de feb. de 2019 · First Lady Sarah Polk formed half of an unusual political partnership with her husband, President James Polk, during his sole term in office from 1845 to 1849. Despite his brief time in office ...
15 de mar. de 1997 · Sarah Childress Polk (1803-1891) was a highly educated woman who became President Polk's virtual secretary and more: She critiqued his speeches, evaluated his Cabinet decisions, and worked side by side with her husband. Mrs. Polk was praised for her astute views on matters of state by both Polk's supporters and his opponents.
1 de mar. de 2020 · Lady First examines the life of Sarah Childress Polk, an often-overlooked yet powerful political player who became the First Lady of the United States when her husband, James K. Polk, became the nation's eleventh president in 1845. Born to a well-to-do Tennessee slaveholding family, Sarah was uncommonly well-educated for a woman of her era.
Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891) was first lady from 1845 to 1849, during the administration of her husband, James Knox Polk.A fashion trendsetter, she used her keen intelligence, abiding religious faith, pleasant manner, and superb organizational skills to artfully regulate the White House, serve as her husband’s main political partner, and orchestrate an exhausting social schedule of ...
Sarah épouse James Polk le 1 er janvier 1824 dans la demeure familiale des Childress, à Murfreesboro. Elle lui apporte son soutien dans sa carrière politique, qui le voit devenir gouverneur du Tennessee de 1839 à 1841, puis président des États-Unis de 1845 à 1849. Épuisé par la vie politique, Polk meurt trois mois à peine après la fin de son mandat, le 15 juin 1849 .
Sarah Polk Chapter was named in honor of Sarah Childress Polk, the wife of James Knox Polk, the eleventh President of the United States. Family & Education. Sarah Childress was born south of Nashville near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on September 4, 1803. The third of four children, Sarah grew up as the eldest daughter of Elizabeth and Joel ...
