Featured Item. Brown chiffon and lace flapper-style dress trimmed with metallic thread and a brown velvet bow. https://famouskin.com/family-tree.php?name=3276+grace+coolidge It was likely shortened to be worn by Maggie’s daughter Lillian. An exceptionally popular White House hostess, she was voted one of America’s 12 greatest living women in 1931. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge served as First Lady of as the wife of the 30th President, Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929). During her time – the 1920s – she was immensely popular, and frequently compared to the other most popular First Lady, Dolley Madison, from a century earlier. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge and John Calvin Coolidge (he discarded the John over the years) Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) married in 1905: Grace Anna Goodhue (1879-1957) They had two sons: John Coolidge (1906-2000) Calvin Junior (1908-1924) Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1923-1929 . Grace Anna Coolidge Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was the First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. The portrait hangs in the White House China Room, which was decorated in a shade of red to match Mrs. Coolidge's dress. Gift of Lillian Rogers Parks . In 1905, Coolidge met and married the daughter of a Vermont steamboat inspector, Grace Anna Goodhue, who was working as a teacher at the Clarke School for the Deaf. Modern Genealogy: Grace Goodhue Coolidge by Cyndy Bittinger, Former Executive Director, CCMF. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge was the wife of the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. Photo courtesy of the Vermont Historical Society Grace Coolidge's Featured Item. Her mother thought she could do better. Mrs. Coolidge poses with her white Collie, Rob Roy. Grace Coolidge gave the dress to her White House maid, Maggie Rogers. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge served as First Lady of as the wife of the 30th President, Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929). @firstladies. Grace Coolidge’s Dress. Grace Goodhue Coolidge (1879-1957) was one of the most personable First Ladies to ever grace the White House. Parents - Andrew Issachar Goodhue & Lemira Barrett Goodhue. An exceptionally popular White House hostess, she was voted one of America's 12 greatest living women in 1931. https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/firstladies/gc30.html C-SPAN Information. Married - October 4, 1905 to Calvin Coolidge. The Delightful Mrs. Coolidge. This watercolor portrait of First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge was painted by artist Howard Chandler Christy circa 1924, during Calvin Coolidge's presidency. Calvin Coolidge was a 32-year-old lawyer on the rise when he started courting Grace Goodhue. She was the First Lady from 1923 to 1929. Children - John (1906 – 2000), ... Grace Coolidge was the 1st First Lady to receive an honorary degree from Boston University.