The Vanishing First Lady: Lucretia Garfield
About this episode
This episode explores the life and legacy of Lucretia Garfield, the wife of President James Garfield, focusing on her contributions and experiences after his death.
Lucretia "Crete" Garfield outlived her president husband by almost forty years, yet most only know her as the widowed First Lady from the Gilded Age. Join me this week as I explore the life and legacy of Lucretia Garfield - including her early life, her marriage to James Garfield, and her work to ensure her husband's legacy. Support the show
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Host: Alycia Asai
Topics covered
- First Lady
- Gilded Age
- American history
- legacy
- women in history
Keywords
- Lucretia Garfield
- James Garfield
- First Lady
- Gilded Age
- American history
- legacy
- women's history
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