Elizabeth Monroe

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Written By Heather Rogers, presidential doodler

FIRST LADY TO JAMES MONROE // #5

  • “La Belle Américaine”

  • Well-educated, poised and stunning, charming

  • In constant pain from a chronic illness

  • Met her husband when he was best man at Elbridge Gerry’s wedding

  • Very stylish, unlike her husband

  • May have saved Madame LaFayette from the guillotine

Elizabeth Monroe's resume
Heather Rogers, presidential doodler

I’ve read at least one book about every U.S. president, never tire of shoehorning presidential trivia into conversations, and am basically an expert at hiding mistakes in my sketchbooks.

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