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Washington Widows of Famous Men Find Washington Home
In Washington widows navigate life after a famous husband. Nancy Kefauver stays in the capital, running an art studio and directing Art in the Embassies, while others like Mrs. Dulles and Mrs. Brooks pursue public or private roles. Some remarry, some remain in Washington, and many balance family, career, and social duties in a busy political city.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Embassy Row
Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
Nancy
Tennessee
Nancy Kefauver
John F. Kennedy
U.S. State Department
U.S
Kefauver-Farioletti
Byrd Farioletti
Chattanooga
Lynda
New York City
David
University of Tennessee
Diane
Gail
John Foster Dulles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mrs. Dulles
Clare Engel
California
C. Wayland Brooks
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Idaho
GOP
Congress
Albert Thomas
Houston
Tex
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
Maurine B. Neuberger
D-Ore
House
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan
D-Mo
Perle Mesta
Gwen Cafritz
George Mesta
Oklahoma
Pittsburgh
Luxembourg
Harry S Truman
Call Me
Madam
White House
Cafritz