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Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
Title: Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
Category: Society & Culture / People
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Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
1832-1918
In the fond eyes of her husband, President James A. Garfield, Lucretia "grows up to every new emergency with fine tact and faultless taste." She proved this in the eyes of the nation, though she was always a reserved, self-contained woman. She flatly refused to pose for a campaign photograph, and much preferred a literary circle or informal party to a state reception.
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During the three months her husband fought for his life, her grief, devotion, and fortitude won the respect and sympathy of the country. In September, after his death, the bereaved family went home to their farm in Ohio. For another 36 years she led a strictly private but busy and comfortable life, active in preserving the records of her husband's career. She died on March 14, 1918.
Bibliography
Whitehouse.gov/wh/glimpse.firstladies/html/firstladies.html
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