First Ladies of the United States: Caroline Harrison

Caroline (Carrie) Lavinia Scott was born on October 1, 1832, in Oxford, Ohio. She was the third of five children born to Miami University professor John Witherspoon Scott and Mary Potts Neal Scott. The family valued education highly, and Carrie loved literature and the arts. She attended the Oxford Female Institute in 1852, an institution founded by her father, and studied music, English literature, drama, art, and painting. She took over for a piano teacher who fell ill mid-semester and continued teaching at Oxford after she graduated in 1853.

Caroline Scott Harrison was a music teacher and wife of the 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison. Fascinated by history and preservation, in 1890 she helped found the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) serving as its first President General...