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SUMMARY:First Ladies of the United States of America and Their Cookies
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM \nCaroline Scott Harrison  \nFirst Lady Caroline Scott Harrison\, was the wife of our 23rd President\, Benjamin Harrison. His administration began 1889\, ending in 1893. \nIn 1890\, Caroline\, lent her prestige as First Lady to the founding of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). She served as the first President General. \nNicknamed “Carrie\,” she was the daughter of Mary Potts Neal and the Reverend Dr. John W. Scott\, a Presbyterian Minister. She gave active service to the First Presbyterian Church and to an orphan’s  home. \nCaroline was blessed with considerable artistic talent and especially enjoyed painting. She was also an accomplished pianist. She took special interest in the history of the White House and established a collection of china from previous first ladies. She often painted on china herself. \nWith other ladies of progressive views\, she helped raise funds for Johns Hopkins University medical school on the condition that they admit women. \nOur gracious lady\, Caroline died of tuberculosis\, October 1892 at the age of 60 with services in the East Room of the White House. \nOur program will conclude with a tasting of Caroline’s Two Way Cookies. \n\n\nSPEAKER \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarolyn’s road to Pasadena\, Texas from Memphis\, Tennessee was long and circuitous. The family found its way in 1951 and became Texans.  Her father opened a hardware store in Pasadena where both parents worked. \nCarolyn graduated from Pasadena High School 1955 and The University of Texas in Austin in 1959. She moved to the Central West Texas town of Coleman where she taught elementary school. \nIn 1977\, she returned with her only child\, a son\, and joined the family hardware business. After the deaths of her parents and 60 years later\, Tucker Hardware was closed in 2011. \nShe served as International Secretary of Epsilon Alpha Sorority as well as the Delta Iota chapter President and Texas State Recording Secretary. She also served as President of Soroptimist International of Pasadena and was honored as a Woman of Excellence at the 2000 Federation of Houston Professional Women Gala. \nCarolyn’s deep interest in Presidential Libraries began when she and her mother attended the hardware market in Atlanta\, Georgia. While there\, they toured the Library of President James E. “Jimmy” Carter and her mother started a collection of Presidential Plates\, which Carolyn now proudly possesses. The other libraries she visited are: John F. Kennedy\, Lyndon B. Johnson\, George H. W. Bush\, and George W. Bush.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://hfcw.org/event/first-ladies-cookies/
LOCATION:Sorrento Italian Restaurant\, 415 Westheimer Road\, Suite 106\, Houston\, TX\, 77006\, United States
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