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- Eisenhower, MamieMamie Geneva Doud was born on November 14, 1896, in Boone, Iowa, to John Sheldon and Elvira Mathilde Carlson Doud. Her father ran the family meatpacking business and accumulated wealth and success at an early age. Mamie was raised in privilege, tended by household servants, and not expected to do very much for herself. Like other girls of privilege of this time, Mamie's formal education beyond the eighth grade consisted of finishing school and lessons in dance, voice, and piano. She was fond of beautiful things and attentive to fashion. Mamie was taught to run a household with servants, learning from her mother, “If you don't learn how to cook, nobody will ask you to do it.”..
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- News in Brief - Washington, D.C.The Washington Press Corps covers Ike and Mamie Eisenhower's 42nd wedding anniversary. The family boards the presidential yacht for a cruise on the Potomac River. Distributed by A&E Television Networks.
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- Mamie Geneva Doud EisenhowerMarried at the age of 19, Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower was the wife of the 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and a very popular First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961...
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Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Geneva Doud was born on November 14, 1896, in Boone, Iowa. She was the daughter of John Sheldon Doud and Elivera Mathilda Carlson Doud. The Doud family later moved to Colorado, eventually settling in Denver. Mamie attended local public schools and graduated from the Wolcott School, a private school for girls in 1915. That fall she met Second Lieutenant Dwight D. Eisenhower, and on February 14, 1916, the couple announced their engagement. They were married on July 1, 1916, at the Doud family home.1
Mrs. Ike
In an era where Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a saucy young lady from Denver, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, meets her match in handsome Ike Eisenhower, a farm boy fresh out of West Point, and becomes the Army wife par excellence. They were two very passionate and private people whose 53-year marriage, much of it lived in the public eye, survived great tragedies, misunderstandings, and adventures ¿ and led to glowing triumphs in World War II and the White House. Mrs. Ike is not only a biography of a beloved American but a superb account of a complex marriage. Susan Eisenhower helps readers see her grandmother as her husband did ¿ a heroic and irresistible figure in her own right.