Bess Truman

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After meeting her future husband in Sunday school, she enrolled in a Kansas City, Missouri finishing school Bess Truman $800 J FIRST LADIES 2011-12-09 #6265
Her father was David W, Wallace, a public official in Independence, Missouri Bess Truman $600 J FIRST LADIES 2009-03-19 #5654
Known under this name as First Lady, she was born Elizabeth Wallace Bess Truman DD $5,600 DJ FIRST LADIES 2005-01-04 #4682
Jackie Kennedy especially admired this First Lady for the way she raised Margaret in the White House glare Bess Truman $800 DJ FIRST LADIES 2003-01-14 #4232
This Missourian known for her "independence" referred to the White House as "The Great White Jail" Bess Truman $300 J FIRST LADIES 1997-06-10 #2957
In 1982 she passed away in Independence, Missouri at the age of 97 Bess Truman $200 DJ FIRST LADIES 1996-06-07 #2725
She was named for her mother's friend Bessie Madge Andrews Bess Truman $100 J FIRST LADIES 1996-05-21 #2712
In 1890 at age 5, she met her future husband in an Independence, Missouri Sunday school class Bess Truman $600 DJ FIRST LADIES 1995-11-22 #2583
While a U.S. senator, Harry Truman put her on his staff Bess Truman $200 J FIRST LADIES 1995-07-21 #2525
She got angry if old friends treated her differently after she became first lady in 1945 Bess Truman $500 J FIRST LADIES 1995-05-08 #2471
She was a star shot-putter at her finishing school in Kansas City Bess Truman DD $800 J FIRST LADIES 1995-04-05 #2448
Her maiden name was Elizabeth Wallace Bess Truman $400 J FIRST LADIES 1993-09-07 #2067
Dying in 1982 at the age of 97, she had lived longer than any other first lady Bess Truman DD $1,000 DJ FIRST LADIES 1991-09-12 #1614
Jackie Kennedy's favorite First Lady was this down-to-earth native of Independence, Missouri Bess Truman $100 J FIRST LADIES 1989-10-23 #1181
A native of Independence, Missouri, she lived to be almost 98 years old Bess Truman $200 J FIRST LADIES 1989-07-18 #1142
Probably the "Bes"t First Lady athlete, she once shook 2483 hands in a single day Bess Truman $400 J FIRST LADIES 1988-03-24 #829
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