Caroline Lavinia Scott HarrisonNova Publishers, 2005 - 75 من الصفحات Caroline Scott Harrison was the friendly, enthusiastic and intelligent wife of the twenty-third President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison. She was a graduate of Oxford Female Institute in Oxford, Ohio, where her father, an advocate for women's education, was president of the school. In 1889, she walked gracefully into the limelight of the First Lady's position, confidently assuming leadership in a number of activities and accomplishing much through the next three years. She had little fear of performing social duties in Washington. She learned to use the power of the First Lady's office to influence special requests. When Johns Hopkins Hospital asked her for help in raising funds for their medical school, she challenged them to improve the status of women. And establishing the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as the first president general required much more responsibility than an honorary chair implies. |
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Marriage and Family | 7 |
Civil War Years | 13 |
Prosperous PostWar Years | 19 |
First Ladyship | 31 |
Legacy | 67 |
Bibliography | 69 |
Index | 73 |
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الصفحة 53 - Revolution, for patriotic, historical, and educational purposes; to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence; by the acquisition and protection of historical spots and the erection of monuments; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution and the publication of its results; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary...
الصفحة 3 - Soft peace she brings wherever she arrives; She builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven.
الصفحة 29 - There is a great sense of loneliness in the discharge of high public duties. The moment of decision is one of isolation. But there is One whose help comes even into the quiet chamber of judgment, and to His wise and unfailing guidance will I look for direction and safety.
الصفحة 38 - M'Kee and .their children, Mrs. Dimmick and Lieutenant and Mrs. Parker. I am an ardent believer in the duty we owe to ourselves as Christians to make merry for children at Christmas time, and we shall have an old-fashioned Christmas tree for the grandchildren upstairs ; and I shall be their Santa Claus myself. If my influence goes for aught in this busy world let me hope that my example may be followed in every family in the land.
الصفحة 54 - that the men to make a country are made by self-denial," and is it not true that this Society, to live and grow and become what we would desire it to be, must be composed of self-denying women?
الصفحة 29 - I have left it to discharge public duties and returned to it with gladness, as I hope to do again. It is a city on whose streets the pompous displays of wealth are not seen. It is full of pleasant homes, and in these homes there is an unusual store of contentment. The memory of your favor and kindness will abide with me, and my strong desire to hold your respect and confidence will strengthen me in the discharge of my new and responsible duties. Let me say farewell to all my Indiana friends. For...
الصفحة 13 - Ere Sin could blight or Sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care ; The opening bud to Heaven convey 'd And bade it blossom there.
الصفحة 54 - Since this society has been organized, and so much thought and reading directed to the early struggles of this country, it has been made plain that much of its success was due to the character of women of that era. The unselfish part they acted constantly commands itself to our admiration and example. If there is no abatement in this element of success in our ranks, I feel sure that their daughters can...
الصفحة 5 - Love is powerful as an incentive, but will it pass current for potatoes and beef? Coffee and muffins for two are not paid for by affection existing between the "two.
الصفحة 36 - First Ladies: Their Lives, Times, and Issues. New York: Henry Holt and Co.