Happy Mother’s Day weekend!
Lady Bird Johnson with daughters Lynda and Luci, and their husbands. (L-R) Charles Robb, Lynda Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson Nugent (holding the dog Yuki), Patrick Nugent. 9/30/67.
-from the LBJ Library
In honor of Mother’s Day, here’s an entertaining letter from JFK’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, to President Kennedy.
In 1962, Rose Kennedy wrote to Soviet Premier Khrushchev asking for an autographed photo. Learning that his mother had reached out to the Soviet Premier, JFK wrote her this letter asking her to please check with him before she took it upon herself to correspond with heads of state as requests like hers are “subject to interpretations.” The timing is interesting, considering JFK wrote back to Rose almost immediately after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
In response to this letter, Rose Kennedy wrote back, saying: “I understand very well your letter, although I had not thought of it before. …When I ask for Castro’s autograph, I will let you know in advance!”
From the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Papers/JFK Library
A Christmas gift for Mamie Eisenhower made by her 7 year old son. The gift tag reads, “To mother dear, From John.” 1929.
Source: facebook.com
Bill Clinton and his mother Virginia Clinton at a Christmas Party. December, 1963.
Source: clintonlibrary.gov
Tomorrow is the birthday of President Gerald R. Ford
The 38th President of the United States was born on July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska. Gerald R. Ford (christened Leslie Lynch King, Jr) is pictured here with his mother Dorothy Gardner King. Circa 1913.
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
First Moms
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton ride an elephant in the Chitwan National Forest, Nepal. 4/1/95
-from the Clinton Library
Happy Mother’s Day weekend!
First Moms
Barbara Bush and daughter Dorothy, dressed up for Easter, April, 1960.
-From the Bush Library
While we may think of them as First Ladies, their kids know them as “mom.” In celebration of Mother’s Day this weekend, we’ve combed the archives for family photos of First Ladies with their children. It’s our way of saying thank you to all the moms out there for…well, everything!
Up first, Eleanor Roosevelt and her daughter Anna. 1906.
Source: research.archives.gov
“My mother was a full time mom and homemaker, and yet she was — you know, not only very attuned to raising my brothers and me, but also the quality of life, and how people treated each other, so we had very, very lively conversations.”
-Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking about her mother at the National Archives in Washington D.C. May 9, 2006
This photo shows Dorothy and Hillary on the Rosie O’Donnell show in New York on December 16, 1999.The Clinton Presidential Library and staff would like to extend our heart felt condolences to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky along with the entire Rodham family for the loss of Dorothy Rodham, age 92.
Dorothy Rodham
June 4, 1919 - November 1, 2011
Source: clintonlibrary.gov
There’s really nothing like being with mom.
Nancy Reagan with her mother, Edith Davis in Phoenix, Arizona. October 5, 1982.
