Thursday 12 August 2021

1406) Mamie Eisenhower

Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (1896 – 1979). Wife of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

She met Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1915. At that time, he was a young second lieutenant. On Valentine's Day in 1916 he gave her a ring as token of their engagement. On July 1, 1916, they married.
Their first son, Doud Dwight, was born in 1917. He died in 1921 of scarlet fever. A second son, John Eisenhower was born in 1922. He became an author, and also served as a U.S. ambassador to Belgium.
 
- "She was 5'1" tall with auburn hair."  https://potus-geeks.livejournal.com/327694.html
 
- "She had reddish-brown hair and blue eyes."  https://books.google.it/books?id=Clfi8bmaYIMC&pg=PA29...
 

 

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