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| Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, From White House Princess to Washington Power Broker | Cordery, Stacy A. | 2007 | New York: Viking | The only biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth written by an historian, Alice is based on Longworth's private papers and provides an insider's view of first ladies during Mrs L's sixty years in Washington (including her step-mother Edith Roosevelt). |
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| An American Family: The Tafts - 1678 to 1964 | Ross, Ishbel | 1964 | Cleveland: World Publishing Company | The multi-generational story of the Taft family has much information on the early and later years of Helen Taft. |
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| American First Ladies | Watson, Robert P., ed. | 2006 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | |
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| American National Biography | Carnes, Mark C., and John A. Garraty, eds. | 1999 | New York: Oxford University Press | The American National Biography was originally published in 24 volumes. It is updated semi-annually. The print edition contains biographies of Americans who died before 1955. The on-line, subscription version contains those who died after 1955. |
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| America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 2000 | New York: Touchstone | |
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| America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their Honor | Wadley, Carma | 2007 | Deseret Morning News 19 February 2007 | Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
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| America’s First Ladies: Their Uncommon Wisdom, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush | Adler, Bill | 2002 | Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishers | |
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| America’s Most Influential First Ladies | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 1992 | Minneapolis: Oliver Press | For readers grades 5-7. |
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| Around the World with Taft | Murray, Robert H. | 1909 | Detroit: F.B. Dickerson | |
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| As I Knew Them | Stoddard, Henry L. | 1927 | New York: Harper & Brothers | |
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| 'At Homes' Begun By Cabinet Women | | 1932 | New York Times 8 December 1932 | Helen Taft among the distinguished women who assisted at an at-home hosted by Dolly Gann. |
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| Aunt Delia Makes Taft Forget his Cares: Gives Pleasant Birthday Party for Him | | 1912 | New York Times 16 September 1912 | |
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| The Autobiography of William Allen White | White, William Allen | 1946 | New York: Macmillan | |
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| Backstage in 1912 | Rosewater, Victor | 1932 | Philadelphia: Dorrance | |
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| Backstairs at the White House | | 1979 | Los Angeles: Ed Friendly Productions | In this 1979 television mini-series, Julie Harris portrayed Helen Taft. |
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| The Bearer of Pax Americana: The Philippine Career of William H. Taft, 1900-1903 | Escalante, Rene R. | 2007 | Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers | Historian Escalante includes only a handful of references to Helen Taft in his study of Taft's governing role in the Philippines. |
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| The Biography Channel Website: Helen Taft
| | | : Biography | A page of the Biography Channel website providing a bit of information regarding Helen Taft. This website can be found here: http://www.biography.com/people/helen-taft-9501147
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| Bread, Roses, and Other Possibilities: the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike in Historical Memory | Robbins, Mark W. | 2012 | Historical Journal of Massachusetts Summer 2012 | Mentions that First Lady Helen Taft wept when she heard (during the hearings concerning the 1912 Lawrence "Bread and Roses" textile strike) about the living conditions suffered by children whose parents worked in the textile mills in New England. |
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| Brilliant Scene at Inaugural Ball | | 1909 | New York Times 5 March 1909 | |
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| British Colonial Government After the American Revolution 1782-1820 | Manning, Helen Taft | 1933 | New Haven: Yale University Press | Book written by the Taft’s daughter, who briefly acted as hostess during her mother’s stroke. The book does not mention the First Lady. |
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| The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism | Goodwin, Doris Kearns | 2013 | New York: Simon & Schuster | Political scientist and Pulitzer Prize winner Goodwin explores the election of 1912 and includes Edith Roosevelt and Helen H. Taft. |
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| A Capital Vacation: Spring, When Cherry Trees are in Bloom, Is One of the
Best Times to Enjoy Washington, D.C.'s Historic Sites | Stroh, Bess Zarafonitis | 1998 | National Parks March-April 1998 | Includes a brief mention of the history of the cherry trees and their connection to First Lady Helen Taft. |
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| Celebrating Women: History, Biographies, and Museums | Byerly, Greg, and Carolyn Brodie | 2005 | Library Media Activities Monthly April 2005 | Reviews of websites containing information about the First Ladies, including the National First Ladies Library. |
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| A Centennial for a City in Bloom | | 2012 | Parks & Recreation April 2012 | Brief article about the cherry trees with a photograph of Helen Taft. |
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| Cherry Blossom Time: 75th Anniversary Will Honor Cincinnati’s Nellie Taft | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 1987 | Tristate Magazine (Cincinnati) 15 March 1987 | |
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| Cherry Blossom Time in Washington | Roosevelt, Eleanor | 1938 | Reader’s Digest April 1938 | |
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| Cherry Blossoms are Painting the Capital Pink | Holly, Derrill | 2006 | The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 19 March 2006 | Mentions the 27 March 1912 planting of the first trees by Helen Taft and the wife of the Japanese Ambassador. |
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| Cherry Blossoms Have Reached Another Milestone Toward Peak Bloom | Fritz, Angela | 2016 | Washingtonpost.com 16 March 2016 | Keeping an eye on Helen Taft's cherry trees to predict when they will bloom. |
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| Cherry Trees in Washington | Kreiser, Christine M. | 2012 | American History April 2012 | Brief article about Mrs. Taft and the cherry trees from Japan includes the location of the two original trees. |
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| Children In the White House | Sadler, Christine | 1967 | New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons | |
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