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Truman Library. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace was born February 13, 1885 in Independence, Missouri. Her parents, David and Madge (Gates) Wallace, were both members of prosperous families and were highly regarded in the community. Bess was a pretty child, with curly blonde hair and blue eyes.
Bess Truman och hennes blivande make träffades som barn i söndagsskolan, och redan då lär han ha blivit betagen i hennes blonda lockar och blå ögon. De gifte sig den 28 juni 1919 och i äktenskapet föddes en dotter, Margaret Truman. Bess Truman beskrivs som blyg och försynt, och ogillade officiella ceremonier och att stå i rampljuset.
President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman pose for their first full family photograph in the White House. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 2.
Truman, Bess (1885–1982)American first lady from 1945 to 1953. Name variations: Bess Wallace. Born Elizabeth Virginia Wallace on February 13, 1885, in Independence, Missouri; died on October 18, 1982, in Independence; oldest of four children of David Willock Wallace (a merchant and politician) and Margaret Elizabeth (Gates) Wallace; attended Barstow School for Girls in Kansas City, Missouri ...
April 13, 1945. A recent portrait of Bess Truman, wife of the new U. S. President, distributed by the Office of War Information. See also 68-1323 for same photo.
2 de sept. de 2022 · Bess was able to maintain a relatively normal private life as a senator’s wife. It wasn’t until Truman became president that her life changed much more dramatically. Unlike her predecessor, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess was adamant that her role as first lady be in the background.
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was the first lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman. Before becoming first lady, she was the second lady of the United States from January to April 1945 when her husband was vice president.
