The Tyler Women
Description
An invalid, an actress and a socialite; this episode we take at look at how Letitia, Priscilla and Julia Tyler all forged the First Lady role during the administration of "His Accidency," John Tyler.
Bibliography:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/letitia-christian-tyler/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/julia-gardiner-tyler/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/john-tyler/
American National Biography Database
Evelyn L. Pugh, ‘Women and Slavery: Julia Gardiner Tyler and the Duchess of Sutherland,’ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 88, No. 2, (April, 1980) pp. 186-202
https://millercenter.org/president/tyler/essays/tyler-letitia-1841-firstlady
https://millercenter.org/president/tyler/essays/tyler-julia-1841-firstlady
Christopher J. Leahy, ‘Playing Her Greatest Role: priscilla Cooper Tyler and the Politics of the White House Social Scene, 1841-44,’ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 120, No. 3, (2012) pp. 236-69