Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[Steve]

(04-14-2018 09:35 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Uh-oh, Donna has the same resource info we have! Right again. In reading Feisty First Ladies, I got a surprise about Rachel (and yes, I know she didn't quite make it to the White House). I knew that she was somewhat of a social pariah, who smoked an occasional pipe and married Andy without knowing that she really wasn't officially divorced. However, the book describes her as being very overweight and almost slovenly. Does anyone know if that is correct?

I hadn't heard Rachel Jackson be described that way before. As to her being very overweight, all I can say is look at this c.1823-1828 portrait of her at the Hermitage and judge for yourself: