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Louisa Adams. Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, de nacencia Louisa Catherine Johnson ( 12 de febreru de 1775 , Londres – 15 de mayu de 1852 , Washington DC) foi la esposa del sestu presidente d'Estaos Xuníos John Quincy Adams, y por tanto Primer Dama, qu'ocupó'l cargu ente 1825 y 1829.
Louisa Adams' sister Kitty married Billy Smith in 1809; he was the nephew of John Quincy Adams, the son of Adams' sister Nabby. Her sister Eliza Johnson married U.S. Senator John Pope of Kentucky in 1810. After the death of Louisa Adams' sister Nancy Hellen, her widowed husband Walter Hellen married a second time, to their sister Adelaide.
Peace negotiations called Adams to Ghent in 1814 and then to London. To join him, Louisa made a 40-day journey across war-ravaged Europe by coach in winter; roving bands of stragglers and highwaymen filled her with “unspeakable terrors” for her son. Happily, the next two years gave her an interlude of family life in the country of her birth.
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, née Louisa Catherine Johnson le 12 février 1775 à Londres ( Royaume-Uni) et morte le 15 mai 1852 à Washington, est la femme du président des États-Unis John Quincy Adams et la mère de Charles Francis Adams, Sr., qui fit également carrière dans la politique. Elle occupa le rôle de Première dame des ...
4 de abr. de 2017 · The story of Louisa Catherine Adams is one of a woman who forged a sense of self. As the country her husband led found its place in the world, she found a voice. That voice resonates still. In this deeply felt biography, the talented journalist and historian Louisa Thomas finally gives Louisa Catherine Adams's full extraordinary life its due.
Louisa Adams. When John Quincy Adams was a candidate for President of the United States in 1824, his wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, was his unofficial campaign manager. She helped dispel her husband's occasional doubts about a future in politics, reminding him that public service was his destiny. She discussed current affairs with congressmen ...
14 de abr. de 2016 · The First Lady Who Made Her Own Contraband Makeup. Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams. Photo: Corbis. At the very end of a leather-bound composition book — after the journal she kept from 1819 until early 1824; after the memoir sketch, “Record of a Life,” which she wrote in the White House; after the anguished lament she ...
