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Sarah Polk: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Short biographies of Sarah Polk include Jayne Crumpler DeFiore, β€œSarah (Childress) Polk,” in Lewis L. Gould (ed.), American First Ladies (1996), pp. 131–144; and Betty Boyd Caroli, First Ladies, expanded ed. (1995), pp. 58–67. Anson Nelson and Fanny Nelson, Memorials of Sarah Childress Polk (1892, reissued 1994), includes interviews with Sarah Polk and others, as well as some newspaper coverage. Charles Grier Sellers, James K. Polk, 2 vol., (1957–66, reprinted 1987), discusses her political interests.

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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
Anniversary information added. Aug 31, 2025
Anniversary information added. Aug 10, 2025
Media revised. Jul 19, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - Sarah Childress Polk. Jun 22, 2021
Add new Web site: US Presidents - Sarah Polk. May 16, 2019
Replaced photograph. Apr 09, 2018
Add new Web site: The White House Historical Association - Biography of Sarah Polk. Jul 21, 2016
Add new Web site: National First Ladies' Library - Sarah Polk. Aug 01, 2013
Add new Web site: History Central - Biography of Sarah Childress Polk. Aug 01, 2013
Added new Web site: The White House - Sarah Childress Polk. Aug 13, 2008
Added new Web site: James K. Polk Ancestral Home. May 17, 2006
Article revised. May 28, 2004
Article revised. Dec 06, 2002
Article added to new online database. Feb 15, 2001
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