First ladies

First Lady Bess Truman attending an event with other prominent women in the Democratic Party. From left to right: India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee; Mrs. Truman; Perle Mesta, United States Minister to Luxembourg; United States Treasurer Georgia N. Clark; and Mrs. Gladys Tillett.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman greet their fellow Democrats. Left to right: India Edwards, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (DNC); Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Mrs. Frank McKinney; Frank McKinney, Chairman, DNC; President Harry S. Truman.

First Lady Bess W. Truman attends a party given by journalist Esther Van Wagoner Tufty at the Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. in honor of India Edwards, Executive Director of the Women's Division of the Democratic Party. From left to right: Margaret Truman, Esther Tufty, India Edwards, Eda Brannan, and Bess Truman.

Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Frank McKinney (left) and First Lady Bess Truman (center) talk to 6.5 year old Bettye Ann Bullard, a young guest at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, held at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (right of Harry) at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner held at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (center) at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner held at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. At which the President announced that he would not be a candidate for reelection in 1952. Also present is Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson, wife of Secretary of State Dean Acheson (third from right). Others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which Queen Juliana of the Netherlands presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman, Queen Juliana, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right side of podium), and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman. All others are unidentified.

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (standing) speaks at Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., during a ceremony at which she presented a carillon to the people of the United States from the people of the Netherlands. In the front row, from left to right: Prince Bernhard Leopold, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right side of podium). Seated behind President Truman are Admiral Robert Dennison (left) and General Harry Vaughan (right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from right) being greeted upon their arrival at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. They were attending the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. They are greeted by Frank McKinney, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (left) and Eda (Mrs. Charles) Brannan, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture.