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Annette Moritt Dunlap

Annette Moritz Dunlap is an independent scholar, free-lance writer, and journalist. Her books include Frank: The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America's Youngest First Lady and The Gambler's Daughter: A Personal and Social History.

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    Stage Struck

    Two leading ladies appeared at Washington’s National Theatre on the evening of July 2, 1886. On stage was Nellie McCartee, the star of the opera The Black Hussar. In the audience was the 21-year-old first lady Frances Folsom Cleveland, who, exactly one month earlier, on June 2, had married 49-year-old President Grover Cleveland in a White House ceremony. Public opinion was favorable to

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    Frances Folsom Cleveland's White House Wardrobe

    President Grover Cleveland was ill-prepared for the American sovereigns’ (as he referred to the public) fascination with his soon-to-be-bride when he formally announced their upcoming nuptials on May 28, 1886. In an era in which people obtained their news in print, occasionally with the aid of an artist’s sketch, word traveled rapidly about the unusual beauty of Frances Folsom, Cleveland’s 21-year-