First Ladies of the United States (FLOTUSes) and more
History
An Anki deck on FLOTUSes (First Ladies of the United States). Three card types:
- front displays all info (maiden name, POTUS, info, etc.) and back displays FLOTUS and picture
- front displays name of POTUS and asks for FLOTUS (or FLOTUSes)
- front displays birth surname (maiden name) of FLOTUS and asks for married name
Also includes cards on spouses of US presidents who were not First Ladies.
(Most) info and (all) pictures taken from Wikipedia.
Sample Data
| flotus | Margaret "Peggy" Taylor |
| potus# | 12 |
| maiden name | Smith |
| birthplace | Calvery County, MD |
| yearsalive | 1788–1852 |
| tenure | 1849–1850 |
| potus | Zachary Taylor |
| marriagedate | June 21, 1810 |
| relation | Wife |
| children | 6, incl. Sarah Knox, Mary Elizabeth, and Richard |
| info | - Accompanied husband on military postings in the frontier- Highly reclusive; mainly delegated hostess duties to her daughter Mary |
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| flotus | Mary Harrison McKee |
| potus# | 23 |
| maiden name | Harrison |
| birthplace | Indianapolis, IN |
| yearsalive | 1858–1930 |
| tenure | 1892–1893 |
| potus | Benjamin Harrison |
| marriagedate | N/A |
| relation | Daughter |
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| info | - Took over duties from her mother Caroline, who died in 1892- Disassociated from her POTUS father after he married her mother's niece Mary Lord |
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| also | Caroline Harrison (née Scott) |
| flotus | Lucy Hayes |
| potus# | 19 |
| maiden name | Webb |
| birthplace | Chillicothe, OH |
| yearsalive | 1831–1889 |
| tenure | 1877–1881 |
| potus | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| marriagedate | December 30, 1852 |
| relation | Wife |
| children | 8, incl. Webb and [redacted] |
| info | - First FLOTUS with a college degree- Invited first Black musician to perform at the White House- Nicknamed after her death "Lemonade [redacted]" for her support for temperance |
| back info | (labeled by historians as "Lemonade Lucy") |
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