On January 20, Melania Trump and Usha Vance will assume the historic roles of first and second ladies of the United States, stepping into positions shaped by centuries of tradition and change. Each ...
From left to right, First Ladies Pat Nixon in 1973, Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961, Lady Bird Johnson in 1965, Laura Bush in 2001, Michelle Obama in 2013, Hillary Clinton in 1997 The famously stylish and ...
First Lady Pat Nixon once said, “People are my project.” Those simple words and their call to action continued to be celebrated on what would have been Nixon’s 113th birthday. The Nixon Presidential ...
In the modern era, Patricia Nixon was probably the most private person to ever occupy the White House. Roanoke writer Heath Hardage Lee has put those years into perspective in a keen, brightly written ...
On Tuesday’s overcast morning, the message at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum was clear: “Remember the first ladies.” In honor of Women’s History Month and the upcoming 115th anniversary of ...
Holiday fun is already starting in the Canton area, with a toy-themed art show and Motown holiday concert. The Oak Ridge Boys will make a farewell tour stop Nov. 21 at the Performing Arts Center in ...
MRS. NIXON: A Novelist Imagines a Life, by Ann Beattie (Scribner) One of the most poignant parts of Ann Beattie s new work, Mrs. Nixon, is a page at the beginning listing the nicknames of Thelma ...
Being a wife was job one for Pat Nixon. “I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband,” she once said. Tagged as “Plastic Pat” for ...