First Lady (2-Jun-1861 — 22-May-1943)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Carl Sferrazza Anthony. Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era. New York: HarperCollins. 1999. 544pp.

Lewis L. Gould. Helen Taft: Our Musical First Lady. University Press of Kansas. 2010. 220pp.

Helen Taft. Recollections of Full Years. Dodd, Mead & Company. 1914. 395pp.

AUTHORITIES

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4. Library of Congress Name Authority [link]

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