birth_date: 1826-01-26 00:00:00
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name: Julia Dent Grant
about: Julia Dent Grant was the wife of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877. She was the mother of the couple's four children, living through years of financial hardship before the outbreak of the war. During the war years, she joined her husband as often as possible near the scenes action. When he became president in 1869, she took great joy in presiding over the social functions of the White House, calling her time as first lady the happiest years of her life. In 1877, the couple embarked on a two-year world tour, spending time with numerous monarchs, including Queen Victoria. Although the trip was in many ways a journey of triumphs, it left the Grants re Julia Dent Grant was the wife of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877. She was the mother of the couple's four children, living through years of financial hardship before the outbreak of the war. During the war years, she joined her husband as often as possible near the scenes action. When he became president in 1869, she took great joy in presiding over the social functions of the White House, calling her time as first lady the happiest years of her life. In 1877, the couple embarked on a two-year world tour, spending time with numerous monarchs, including Queen Victoria. Although the trip was in many ways a journey of triumphs, it left the Grants relatively destitute, and her husband was soon after struck with throat cancer. After his death, Julia D. Grant became the first United States First Lady to write a memoir, although it did not find a publisher until 1975, seventy-three years after her death. ...more
death_date: 1902-12-14 00:00:00