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Mamie Eisenhower

First lady known for style and Ménière's disease.

Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud was born in Boone, Iowa, as the second child of a meatpacking executive and a daughter of Swedish immigrants.[1] She grew up in several states and a winter home in Texas, and her father's wealth provided servants and high-society connections.[1][2] Because servants handled household tasks during her upbringing, Mamie lacked domestic skills and later had to acquire them from her spouse; however, her father instructed her in financial management and budgeting.[3]

Quick Facts

Office
First Lady of the United States
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Took office
January 20, 1953
Left office
January 20, 1961
Predecessor
Bess Truman
Successor
Jacqueline Kennedy
Birth name
Mary Geneva Doud
Born
14 November 1896

Facts from the source article.

Key facts and history

Mamie met second lieutenant Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower in 1915 while visiting a friend at Fort Sam Houston.[4] They were engaged on Valentine's Day, 1916, and married at the Doud family's home in Denver on July 1, 1916.[5][4] The Eisenhowers had two sons: Doud Dwight "Icky" Eisenhower, born in 1917, and John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, born in 1922.[6] During World War II, Mamie lived in Washington, D.C., and saw her husband only once in three years.[7]

She had a stroke on September 25, 1979, and died in her sleep on November 1, 1979.[8] The Eisenhowers bought a farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, after Ike assumed the presidency of Columbia University in 1948; this property represented the first home they ever owned.[9] As first lady, she hosted roughly 70 official foreign visitors and conducted just a single press conference throughout her time in the role.[10][11]

What the research sources say

It states that her father retired from business, and Mamie and her three sisters grew up in a large house in Denver.[12] The biography records that she met Dwight D. Eisenhower at Fort Sam Houston in 1915, a young second lieutenant on his first tour of duty.[12] It describes her life following the pattern of other Army wives through posts in the United States, the Panama Canal Zone, France, and the Philippines.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eisenhower 1996, p. 6–7; Tatanka Historical Associates, "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form", www.coloradohistory-oahp.org, February 25, 2005; "Mamie Eisenhower Biography", National First Ladies Library; Watson, "First Ladies of the United States", Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001, p. 231–236 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eisenhower 1996, p. 6–7; Schneider, "First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary", Facts on File, 2010, p. 261–270 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rama Maravillas, "A Companion to First Ladies", John Wiley & Sons, March 14, 2016, p. 492–502; Eisenhower 1996, p. 6–7; Schwartz Foster, "The First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower", Cumberland House, 2011, p. 151–157; "First Lady Biography: Mamie Eisenhower", National First Ladies' Library; Watson, "First Ladies of the United States", Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001, p. 231–236 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Watson, "First Ladies of the United States", Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001, p. 231–236 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: D'Este 2002, p. 99–101 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schneider, "First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary", Facts on File, 2010, p. 261–270; D'Este 2002, p. 99–101; Goldstein, "John Eisenhower, Military Historian and Son of the President, Dies at 91", The New York Times, December 22, 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Biography of Mamie Eisenhower", georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov; Watson, "First Ladies of the United States", Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001, p. 231–236; D'Este 2002, p. 99–101 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Biography: Mamie Doud Eisenhower", dwightdeisenhower.com; Mitchell, "A Farewell to Mamie Eisenhower", The Washington Post, November 6, 1979; "Mrs. Eisenhower Quietly Buried At General's Memorial in Kansas", The New York Times, November 4, 1979 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schwartz Foster, "The First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower", Cumberland House, 2011, p. 151–157; Schneider, "First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary", Facts on File, 2010, p. 261–270; "Biography of Mamie Eisenhower", georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov; Schneider, "First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary", Facts on File, 2010, p. 261–270 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schwartz Foster, "The First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Mamie Eisenhower", Cumberland House, 2011, p. 151–157; Schneider, "First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary", Facts on File, 2010, p. 261–270; Beasley, "Media Coverage of a Silent Partner", American Journalism, January 1, 1986, p. 39–49; Rama Maravillas, "A Companion to First Ladies", John Wiley & Sons, March 14, 2016, p. 492–502 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Mamie Eisenhower" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rama Maravillas, "A Companion to First Ladies", John Wiley & Sons, March 14, 2016, p. 492–502; Beasley, "Media Coverage of a Silent Partner", American Journalism, January 1, 1986, p. 39–49 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. "Biography of Mamie Eisenhower", georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. facts only, no text reused. georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Mamie Eisenhower (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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