Jane Pierce: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
A short biography of Jane Pierce is Debbie Mauldin Cottrell, “Jane (Means Appleton) Pierce,” in Lewis L. Gould, (ed.), American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy (1996), pp. 166–173. A biography of her husband that covers her role in his career is Roy Franklin Nichols, Franklin Pierce: Young Hickory of the Granite Hills, 2nd ed., completely rev. (1958, reissued 1993).
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Betty Boyd Caroli
Betty Boyd Caroli has written extensively about American first ladies. A graduate of Oberlin College, she holds a master's degree in Mass Communications from the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in American Civilization from New York University.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Mar 08, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 28, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: New England Historical Society - Jane Pierce, New Hampshire�s Unlikely First Lady. | Aug 15, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: US Presidents - Jane Pierce. | Mar 04, 2020 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Apr 13, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The White House Historical Association - Biography of Jane Pierce. | Mar 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Jane Means Appleton Pierce. | Mar 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: History's Women - Biography of Jane Means Appleton Pierce. | Jun 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Central - Biography of Jane Means Appleton Pierce. | Aug 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National First Ladies' Library - Biography of Jane Pierce. | Aug 20, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of Jane Means Appleton Pierce. | Aug 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | May 28, 2004 | ||
| New article added. | Jan 12, 2001 |
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