Grace Coolidge

**Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge** (January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929 as the wife of the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. Before becoming first lady, she was the second lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923 when her husband was vice president.

Coolidge also served as the first lady of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921, second lady of Massachusetts from 1916 to 1919 and the first lady of Northampton, Massachusetts from 1910 to 1912.

## Biography

Her parents were Andrew and Lemira B. Goodhue. She was their only child. She spent her childhood at Burlington, Vermont. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1902. She then started teaching at a school for the deaf children. The name of that school was the Clarke School for the Deaf, Northampton, Massachusetts. There she met Calvin Coolidge. They married in October 1905. The name of their first son was John Coolidge. The name of their second, born in 1908, son was Calvin, Jr.

During all these years, her husband was working as a lawyer. Then, he became the governor. During all these years, Grace Coolidge helped her husband actively. By 1921, her husband has become the Vice President. They moved to Washington. Grace Coolidge soon became very popular in the high society of Washington.

### First Lady

President Warren G. Harding died in 1923, and Calvin Coolidge became the president of the United States. Suddenly, their second son aged died at the age of 16 years.

### Later life

In 1929, the president retired, and the couple left Washington. They went to Northampton (Massachusetts) to live.
USA’s National Institute of Social Sciences awarded her a gold medal. In 1931, many people of America selected her as one of America's living women.

In 1933, her husband died, but she lived for many decades. She died in 1957 at the age of 78. She lived a private life. In between, she took her first airplane ride and a trip to Europe.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image**: Grace Coolidge 1924.jpg
- **office**: First Lady of the United States
- **president**: Calvin Coolidge
- **term start**: August 2, 1923
- **term end**: March 4, 1929
- **term label**: In role
- **predecessor**: Florence Harding
- **successor**: Lou Henry Hoover, Lou Hoover
- **office1**: Second Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States, Second Lady of the United States
- **vicepresident1**: Calvin Coolidge
- **term start1**: March 4, 1921
- **term end1**: August 2, 1923
- **term label1**: In role
- **predecessor1**: Lois Irene Marshall, Lois Marshall
- **successor1**: Caro Dawes
- **office2**: First Lady of Massachusetts
- **term start2**: January 2, 1919
- **term end2**: January 6, 1921
- **term label2**: In role
- **governor2**: Calvin Coolidge
- **predecessor2**: Ella McCall
- **successor2**: Mary Cox
- **office3**: Second Lady of Massachusetts
- **term start3**: January 6, 1916
- **term end3**: January 2, 1919
- **term label3**: In role
- **1namedata3**: Calvin Coolidge
- **predecessor3**: Beatrice Barry (1915)
- **successor3**: Mary Cox
- **office4**: First Lady of Northampton
- **term start4**: January 3, 1910
- **term end4**: January 1, 1912
- **term label4**: In role
- **1blankname4**: Mayor
- **1namedata4**: Calvin Coolidge
- **predecessor4**: Margaret O'Brien
- **successor4**: Catherine Feiker
- **birth name**: Grace Anna Goodhue
- **birth place**: Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
- **death place**: Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
- **restingplace**: Plymouth Notch Cemetery
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **children**: 2, including John Coolidge, John
- **education**: University of Vermont
- **signature**: Grace Cooldige Signature.svg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 1924