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Sep 30, 2022

Darlene Gillespie is one of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club. The most popular cast member in the first season, her popularity was usurped by Annette Funicello in the second season and thereafter. Darlene enjoyed a medical career before becoming a petty criminal and even did some jail time...


Sep 28, 2022

Annette Funicello is perhaps the best known of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club TV show. In addition to being a Mouseketeer and appearing in guest spots in several Disney movies and TV shows, she also had a career as a singer and as the popular star of a series of beach movies in the 1960s. This is...


Sep 26, 2022

Ida Saxton McKinley was the 25th First Lady of the United States. With a promising beginning, she ended up having a tragic life after marrying William McKinley. Her husband devoted himself to her care and wellbeing. Here is her story.

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Sep 25, 2022

Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison was the 23rd First Lady of the United States and a hard-working one. Though her health was never robust during her marriage, she took on many duties to make herself useful before and during her tenure as First Lady. Here is her story...

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Sep 24, 2022

Frances Folsom Cleveland was the First Lady in a very literal sense of the word. She accomplished many firsts for First Ladies while she was one and after. Here is the exciting story of the youngest of the First Ladies.

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