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First Lady Hopefuls in the Bryan Taft Race
A historical profile surveys Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bryan and Mrs. Helen Taft as potential first ladies. It compares their backgrounds, education, marriages, roles as aides to their husbands, cultural interests, languages, and public personas, concluding either woman would symbolize refined American womanhood in the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertus Love
White House
William
Mary
Helen
Mary Baird Bryan
Helen Herros
Taft
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Mrs. Bryan
Mrs. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Taft
Mrs
Tart
Bryan
Garfiell
Perry, al
John Baird
Mary Elizabeth Baird
Middle West
Perry
United States
Mary Elizabeth
Old
Godfrey
Ill
Presbyterian Academy
Jacksonville
Baird
William Jennings Bryan
Illinois College
St Perry
Everege
Will
Aft
Helen Herron
John W. Herron
Rutherford B. Hayes
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Her- Ton
Orly O Dem Beeret
Tafts
Europe
Berlin
Engin
Cincinnati
Akron
Smillingly
Columbus
Oxford
England
Hain
Victor Hugo
George Eliot