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Mamie Eisenhower. Eisenhower, Mamie Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower arriving at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado, 1950. Mamie Eisenhower smiling and dressed in a dark suit with a lace collar and floral corsage, wearing a small hat with a veil at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower President Harry S. Truman smiles as he pins a medal on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's uniform, with Mamie Eisenhower standing between them and looking on.
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Washington Monument. Washington Monument and fireworks, Washington DC. The Monument was built as an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington.
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(From left): First Ladies Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Pat Nixon, and Lady Bird Johnson at the Dedication of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California; November 4, 1991. (first lady)
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Additional Reading

Comprehensive biographies of Mamie Eisenhower include Alden Hatch, Red Carpet for Mamie (1954; also published as Red Carpet for Mamie Eisenhower, 1956); and Dorothy Barrett Brandon, Mamie Doud Eisenhower: A Portrait of a First Lady (1954). A brief treatment is Martin M. Teasley, β€œMamie (Geneva Doud) Eisenhower,” in Lewis L. Gould (ed.), American First Ladies (1996), pp. 463–475. She is remembered by relatives in Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Special People (1977).

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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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Invalidated site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - Eisenhower: War and Peace. Aug 31, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 10, 2025
Anniversary information added. Oct 28, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace. Aug 30, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - Eisenhower: War and Peace. Apr 07, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 18, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Mamie Eisenhower. Mar 20, 2023
Add new Web site: US Presidents - Mamie Eisenhower. Nov 26, 2019
Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Mamie Eisenhower Dies at 82. Jan 09, 2017
Add new Web site: The White House Historical Association - "Proud Housewife": Mamie Eisenhower Collects for the White House. Apr 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Miller Center - Mamie Eisenhower. Apr 10, 2013
Added photograph. Apr 25, 2011
Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower. Aug 13, 2008
Article revised. May 28, 2004
Article revised. Dec 06, 2002
Article added to new online database. Feb 15, 2001
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