Rose Cleveland
First Lady of the United States from 1885 to 1886 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rose Elizabeth "Libby" Cleveland (June 13, 1846 ā November 22, 1918) was an American author and lecturer. She was acting first lady of the United States from 1885 to 1886, during the presidency of her brother, Grover Cleveland. Receiving an advanced education in her youth, Cleveland rejected traditional gender norms and sought a career for herself in a variety of literary and academic positions. When her unmarried brother was elected president, she acted in the role of first lady until his wedding with Frances Folsom. She used the role of first lady as a platform for her support of women's suffrage, expressing little interest in the household management associated with first ladies.
Rose Cleveland | |
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Acting First Lady of the United States | |
In role March 4, 1885 ā June 2, 1886 | |
President | Grover Cleveland |
Preceded by | Mary McElroy (acting) |
Succeeded by | Frances Cleveland |
Personal details | |
Born | Rose Elizabeth Cleveland (1846-06-13)June 13, 1846 Fayetteville, New York, U.S. |
Died | November 22, 1918(1918-11-22) (aged 72) Bagni di Lucca, Tuscany, Kingdom of Italy |
Education | Houghton Academy |
After leaving the White House, Cleveland authored several fiction and nonfiction works, many relating to women's rights. She was editor of a literary magazine for several months, and she continued teaching and lecturing elsewhere. She met Evangeline Marrs Simpson in 1889, and the two became romantic partners, interrupted for several years by Simpson's marriage to Henry Benjamin Whipple. After reuniting, they moved to Italy in 1910, where Cleveland spent her final years engaged in relief efforts for war refugees during World War I and then for Spanish flu patients before contracting the disease herself and dying in 1918.