Rose Cleveland
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland (born June 13, 1846 in Fayetteville , New York , † November 22, 1918 in Bagni di Lucca ) was the sister of US President Grover Cleveland , who held the office of President twice. The first time (1885-1886) Rose Cleveland was the first lady of the United States at the beginning of the tenure.
After her brother married Frances Cleveland on June 2, 1886 , she gave up her position as First Lady to the latter and began a career as a teacher. Rose Cleveland died of the Spanish flu in Bagni di Lucca .
literature
- Merry Ellen Scofield: Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee. In Katherine AS Sibley (Ed.): A Companion to First Ladies. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2016, ISBN 978-1-118-73222-9 , pp. 265-282.
- Sirpa Salenius: Rose Elizabeth Cleveland: First Lady and literary scholar , New York, NY [u. a.]: Palgrave Pivot, 2014, ISBN 978-1-137-45652-6
Web links
Commons : Mary Arthur McElroy - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- Rose Cleveland in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
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| SURNAME | Cleveland, Rose |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American first lady |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fayetteville , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1918 |
| Place of death | Bagni di Lucca |