Frances Cleveland (1864–1947) was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She met him while an infant, as he was a friend, and later the executor, of her father, Oscar Folsom. Grover settled Oscar's debts and provided for Frances. She graduated from Wells College, then married Grover while he was president. When he lost reelection in 1888, they went into private life for four years, returning when he was elected again in 1892. Much of her time during Grover's second term was dedicated to their children. They had five; four survived to adulthood. Frances Cleveland served on the Wells College board, supported women's education, and organized kindergartens. Grover died in 1908, and she married Thomas J. Preston Jr. in 1913. During World War I, she advocated military preparedness. She died in 1947 and was buried alongside Grover Cleveland in Princeton Cemetery.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1877:
American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_%28moon%29
1919:
Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kronstadt
1920:
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
1964:
East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_Trabant
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
recess: 1. (transitive) 2. To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back. 3. (often architecture) 4. To make a recess (noun sense 1 and sense 1.1) in (something). 5. (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche. 6. (figuratively) To conceal, to hide. 7. (chiefly US, government) 8. To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.). 9. (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone). 10. (intransitive, chiefly US, government) 11. Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break. 12. Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recess
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Even on the white English crags A few strong spirits, in a race that binds Its body in chains and calls them Liberty, And calls each fresh link Progress, stood erect With faces pale that hunger'd to the light. --Robert Williams Buchanan https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Williams_Buchanan