92ndY Talk on America's First Ladies by Scholarly Douglas Brin But for a Few Gaffs

Today's talk led by Douglas Brin, journalist & teacher at NYC's Dalton School on America's First Ladies reminded me how much First Lady Michelle Obama is missed.  She didn't make the chronological cut despite making the grade. Today's lecture was laden with interesting titillating tidbits spanning from First Ladies Grover Cleveland's wife to the most beloved First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.  Cleveland's wife was compared to Mrs Kennedy & dubbed the First "super celebrity" First Lady.  Noted:  Mrs. Kennedy & Mrs. Cleveland were the only 2 presidential wives who remarried after the deaths of their husbands.  Cleveland is the only President who served non-consecutive terms.  He's the only President who married while in the White House.  Scandals were present in the past but the current jackass in the White House is heinous and should get kicked out on his ass. Cleveland had a child with his mistress which he didn't deny.  He assumed financial  responsibility but left his son in foster care after the mother of his child was committed to a mental institution.  The mother managed to escape and kidnapped her son from his foster family.  She was caught & sent back to the mental hospital and her son to his foster parents.  The Republic Party ran a clever but futile slur campaign, "Ma, ma where's my pa?  Gone to the White House hah hah hah." Pres. Cleveland's wife Frances was 28 years younger.  Together they had 6 children  though it was rumored (and likely) that not all 6 were his.  Cleveland was the 2nd heaviest Pres. and his young intelligent wife very glamorous.  Upon leaving the White House after losing his 2nd bid for election to Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Cleveland told the servants not to change anything "We'll be back."  The speaker claimed Mrs. Cleveland was the only Presidential wife to give birth in the White House.  Gaff #1 - Mrs. Kennedy did give birth to a son Patrick (b 8/071963-8/09/1963).  Pres. Harrison, the interim President was infamous for being corrupt also maintained an illicit, unseemly affair with his niece while his wife was dying and then married her.  Gaff 2 - Brin stated in 1920 women won the right to vote to their advantage.  This was to everyone's benefit.  William McKinley bucked his predecessor's lascivious libido's and was known as a devoted husband to his wife Ida.  Mrs. McKinley suffered from epileptic seizures which were exacerbated by the loss of their 2 young daughters.  (Tragically, the vast majority of Presidents have buried a child.)  Pres. McKinley bucked tradition & sat his wife next to him at State dinners to shield her.  When McKinley was shot while in a receiving line his last words were "My wife, be careful how you tell her." Gaff 3 - Brin remarked on Pres. Teddy Roosevelt being shot in Milwaukee & belittled the city.  Golda Meir was the 1st Prime Minister of Israel.  She was born & raised in Milwaukee as was yours truly.