First Lady Grace Coolidge is often overlooked. She was known for her kindness and for having “a wondrous hold on the American people” for years after President Calvin Coolidge’s time in office. See Mrs. Coolidge’s recipe below.
Grace Coolidge was the Jacqueline Kennedy of her day. In 1929, the Washington Herald celebrated the outgoing first lady as “a veritable glass of fashion.” The newspaper added, “Everything she wears is the last word from the swanky shops that line the fashionable shopping district along Connecticut Avenue.”
According to the National First Ladies’ Library, she brought the arts and appreciation for history to the White House. She had an interest in the history of the White House rooms, what had occurred there, and what objects were historically associated with former residents. Hoping to provoke the public into donating items that might have once been used in the White House. She successfully requested that Congress pass legislation that permitted the acceptance of any potential contributions.