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Logical guess, David, but it was not Nancy Reagan.
Betty Ford ?
Lou Hoover? The dated language would seem to place it prior to WWII. And the US didn't annex Hawaii until the McKinley Administration.
Nope, it was not Betty Ford or Lou Hoover.
Pat Nixon
On second thought it could be Michelle Obama because the Obama's vacationed in Hawaii at Xmas time as I recall.
Nope, it was not Betty Ford or Michelle Obama.

Think much earlier.
Helen Taft. President Taft visited Hawaii early 1900s. Not sure without Googling if she went with him.
Anita, you win! Kudos!

SOURCE: Helen Taft, Reflections of Full Years, 1914.
No googling please.

Which First Lady wrote, "I should not blame my own heart if I lost all faith in you."

This was written after she found out her husband was seeing another woman.
With so many serial philanders that have occupied 1600, this is a tough one. I'm going to throw Warren Harding's wife against the wall and see if she sticks.
Although there was much to admire about him, I'll suggest President Kennedy would have caused Jacqueline to at least think something like that.
Eleanor Roosevelt?
No one is correct so far.
Lady Bird Johnson ?
Nope, not Lady Bird Johnson.
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