2013-11-04T21:00:06-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/90c/201311042127051001_hd.jpgMarilyn Holt and Edith Mayo talked about the life and influence of first lady ...

Topics included the perception of Mamie Eisenhower as an icon of the 1950s woman. She held only one press conference as first lady but was an active campaigner. She was popular even before the ...

When people remember the former first lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower, who died in 1979, it is usually for her short, girlish bangs, her predilection for pink and her breezy, housewife manner.

Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower became first lady on January 20, 1953, after her husband, Dwight D. Eisenhower, was sworn in as the 34th president. She wore a fur coat over an A-line dress and ...

President Dwight Eisenhower and first lady Mamie Eisenhower sit in a box in the balcony at the National Guard Armory during one of the inaugural balls on Jan. 20, 1953. Associated Press File Photo ...

Eisenhower in 1953 ushered in eight years of calm and stability not seen in the United States for 50 years and, in the process, opened the golden age of cattleya orchids. First lady Mamie ...

PhotoQuest/Getty Ahead of Dwight Eisenhower's first of two terms in the White House, then-First Lady Bess Truman greeted Mamie Eisenhower at the president's residence in 1952. Bettmann Archive ...

On January 21, 1954, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower christened the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), marking the launch of the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. The ceremony took place at the Electric ...

When Mamie Eisenhower called her first White House ... Fine, said Mamie. The First Lady looked radiant and chic in a grey suit, handled herself with aplomb. After the picture-taking, she flashed ...

"This is ridiculous," exclaimed a frustrated chief of security as the well-dressed crowd pushed and shoved to get a better view of the famous couple. "You’ve seen Presidents before." "We’ve ...

Evelyn Lincoln/Eleanor Roosevelt Off-Broadway First Lady Suite 1993 Jacqueline Kennedy/Amelia Earhart Off-Broadway First Lady Suite 1993 Lady Bird Johnson/Marie Eisenhower Off-Broadway First Lady ...