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	Warren G. Harding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harding ran on a promise to "Return to Normalcy," a term he coined, which reflected three trends of his time: a renewed isolationism in reaction to World War I, a resurgence of nativism, and a turning away from the government activism of the reform era.
		However, it was Harding's support for women's suffrage in the Senate that made him extremely popular with women: the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in August 1920 brought huge crowds of women to Marion, Ohio to hear Harding.
		Harding and Britton, according to unsubstantiated reports, continued their affair while he was President, using a closet adjacent to the Oval Office for privacy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warren_G._Harding (3863 words)

	Florence Harding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Florence Harding (August 15, 1860–November 21, 1924), wife of Warren G. Harding, was First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923.
		One of Florence Kling's piano students was Charity (Chat) Harding, eldest sister to Warren G. Harding, the young publisher of the town’s only daily newspaper, the Marion Daily Star (now the Marion Star).
		Harding’s kidney ailment was made known to the former Surgeon General, Charles E. Sawyer, and Sawyer insisted that Mrs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florence_Kling_Harding (859 words)

	Florence Kling Harding
		FAMILY BACKGROUND: Florence was the eldest child of Amos Kling and Louisa Bouton Kling; her younger brothers were Clifford and Vetallis.
		Florence pursued Warren relentlessly, even though he had a girlfriend at the time and was known to be quite "an amiable rake." Amos adamently did not want Florence together with Warren, and even circulated rumors he had previously heard that the Hardings were of mixed blood.
		Florence was closely involved in each of his campaigns and, with each success, her pride in and ambition for her husband grew.
	www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/hard-flo.htm (1655 words)

	First Ladies: FLORENCE KLING HARDING
		Warren Harding was elected by a landslide in 1920.
		Florence eventually burned almost all the presidential papers, an act which has certainly served to cloud the truth regarding the Hardings' knowledge of the corruption around them.
		Florence Harding survived her husband by only little more than one year, dying in 1924 of complications relating to chronic kidney disease.
	www.multied.com /Bio/ladies/harding.html (382 words)

	Florence Harding: first lady
		Though Florence Mabel Kling was born the daughter of the wealthiest banker in Marion, Ohio, her life progressed to everywhere but on 'easy street.' Her mother died after Florence was born, so she never received the nurturing of a mother’s love.
		Florence’s father, Amos Kling provided materially, but emotionally, it's been reported that he was a stale man. He expected everyone in his path to perform with high measure, and in a formal manner, similar to that of a legislative or judicial body.
		Florence Harding was in bed during the later years of her marriage to Warren Harding.
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	Florence Harding -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Florence Kling Harding (August 15, 1860–November 21, 1924), wife of (additional info and facts about Warren G. Harding) Warren G. Harding, was (additional info and facts about First Lady of the United States) First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923.
		One of Florence Kling piano students was Charity (Chat) Harding, elder sister to Warren G. Harding, the young publisher of the town’s only daily newspaper, the (additional info and facts about Marion Daily Star) Marion Daily Star (now the Marion Star).
		Harding’s kidney ailment was made known to the former Surgeon General, Dr. (additional info and facts about Charles E. Sawyer) Charles E. Sawyer, and Sawyer insisted that Mrs.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fl/florence_harding.htm (1028 words)

	Florence Harding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Florence Kling Harding (August 15 1860 - November 21 1924) wife of Warren G. Harding was First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923.
		Over Amos Kling's angry opposition they married in 1891 in a house that Harding had and this remained their home for the of their lives.
		Harding moved into the White she opened mansion and grounds to the again--both had been closed through President Wilson's She herself suffered from a chronic kidney but she threw herself into the job First Lady with energy.
	www.freeglossary.com /Florence_Kling_Harding (600 words)

	Gutsy Women: Florence Kling Harding
		Florence Kling Harding, wife of President Warren Harding, was born August 15, 1860 in Marion, Ohio.
		Florence loved her business work (she had worked in her father's stores since she was a young girl) but the reality of women in society in that day prevented her from being independently wealthy or holding powerful positions.
		Florence pursued Warren relentlessly, even though he had a girlfriend at the time and was known to be quite "an amiable rake." Florence's father, Amos, was adamently opposed to having Florence and Waren together but despite his disapproval, the two were married on July 8, 1891 in the house they had built together.
	gutsywomen.blogspot.com /2005/11/florence-kling-harding.html (1082 words)

	National Obituary Archive(NOA) - Arrangeonline.com
		Florence Kling Harding, wife of Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United States, died November 21, 1924.
		Harding was born August 15, 1860 in Marion, Ohio.
		Harding’s passion during these years was the advancement of her husband’s career.
	www.arrangeonline.com /Obituary/obituary.asp?ObituaryID=60527954 (434 words)

	American President
		Florence Kling Harding admitted that she had "only one real hobby -- my husband." To this end, she assisted President Warren G. Harding in all his endeavors, from the newspaper business to the United States Senate, and finally to the presidency of the United States.
		Florence was quite active throughout Warren's campaign, greeting guests and encouraging women to become politically active.
		The first woman to vote for her husband in a presidential election, Florence Kling Harding urged other women to exercise the franchise and was a member of the League of Women Voters and the National Women's Party, as well as other organizations promoting the rights and equality of women.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/warrenharding/firstlady/email.html (585 words)

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		Florence Kling was born in Marion in 1860.
		Florence Harding encouraged her husband's political ambitions and ably assisted in his campaigns.
		Harding took a special interest in "her boys," the veterans of World War I. Air travel was a daring enterprise in the 1920s.
	www.historymarion.org /wgharding/fkh.html (136 words)

	Florence Kling Harding Was Born
		It was none other than Florence Kling Harding, wife of Warren G. Harding, born on August 15, 1860, in Marion, Ohio.
		She was a strong supporter of women's suffrage (the right to vote) and was able to cast her ballot for her husband in the presidential campaign of 1920 because the 19th amendment had been ratified that summer.
		Florence Kling Harding was a wife, mother, and business manager and was one of the first women to bring a professional identity to the role of first lady.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /jb/civil/jb_civil_mhard_1.html (103 words)

	Florence Kling Harding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Florence Kling Harding (1860-1924) was the wife of Warren G. Harding, who served as president of the United States from 1921 to 1923.
		Harding won the nomination in June and was elected president of the United States in November.
		Harding often expressed her opinion on issues of the day and urged her husband to act on her proposals.
	www.worldbook.com /features/presidents/html/harding_florence.htm (316 words)

	First Ladies' Biographical Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Hardingâs early life or education, because she destroyed most of the records of this phase of her life.
		Harding saw the dirt, the disarray, and the mismanagement, her business sense reacted, and she took control of the newspaperâs advertisements, circulation, the paper boys and the ledger.
		Harding began a six year love affair; when Florence discovered the affair in 1911, she was totally devastated.
	www.firstladies.org /Bibliography/FlorenceHarding/FLMain.htm (1657 words)

	Today in History: August 15
		Florence Kling Harding, first lady during the Harding administration (1921-1923), was born on August 15, 1860.
		Harding cast her ballot in the presidential campaign of 1920 for her husband.
		When Harding was nominated as the Republican candidate for President in 1920, "The Duchess," as he referred to his wife, campaigned enthusiastically for his election.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/aug15.html (1384 words)

	Florence Kling Harding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Biography: Daughter of the richest man in a small town--Amos Kling, a successful businessman--Florence Mabel Kling was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1860, to grow up in a setting of wealth, position, and privilege.
		Over Amos Kling's angry opposition they were married in 1891, in a house that Harding had planned, and this remained their home for the rest of their lives.
		Harding moved into the White House, she opened mansion and grounds to the public again--both had been closed through President Wilson's illness.
	clinton3.nara.gov /WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/fh29.html (493 words)

	Florence Kling Harding Was Born
		Florence Kling Harding with her husband, President Warren Harding in the garden on October 25, 1920
		Florence Harding had an important role in her husband's career, which he readily acknowledged.
		Harding, who was called "the Duchess" by her husband, worked tirelessly for his campaign for president.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/mhard_2 (76 words)

	Worst Lady?
		Harding, had an illegitimate son whom she gave away to her own father in return for financial support.
		Anthony, in fact, devotes so much time to recounting stories of Harding's adulterous affairs -- and citing long passages from his letters to one of his mistresses -- that Florence Harding is often pushed into the background of her own biography.
		Harding, he concludes, was not guilty of poisoning her husband, as was hinted at the time, she was indirectly responsible for his death, he believes, as she had persuaded her husband to appoint as Presidential physician the homeopath she wanted brought to Washington to treat her kidney.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/98/08/02/reviews/980802.02nasawt.html (915 words)

	florence kling harding and other florence related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Florence Kling Harding Daughter of the richest man in a small town--Amos Kling, a successful businessman--Florence Mabel Kling was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1860, to grow up in a setting of wealth...
		Florence Kling Harding 1860-1924 [Warren G. Harding] Biography: Daughter of the richest man in a small town--Amos Kling, a successful businessman--Florence Mabel Kling was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1860...
		Harding with her husband, President Warren Harding in the garden on October 25, 1920 Florence Kling Harding Was Born August 15, 1860 Florence Harding had an important role in her...
	www.nethorde.com /florence/florence-kling-harding.html (305 words)

	Warren G. Harding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Thirty-one distinguished Republicans had signed a manifesto assuring voters that a vote for Harding was a vote for the League.
		Harding, born near Marion, Ohio, in 1865, became the publisher of a newspaper.
		Harding's undeviating Republicanism and vibrant speaking voice, plus his willingness to let the machine bosses set policies, led him far in Ohio politics.
	clinton2.nara.gov /WH/glimpse/presidents/html/wh29.html (503 words)

	Amazon.com: Florence Harding: The First Lady, the Jazz Age, and the Death of America's Most Scandalous President: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Florence Harding was at least as much a modern First Lady as Eleanor Roosevelt--outspoken, a strong feminist, a woman with a major voice in her husband's administration.
		Florence was very much the ambition behind Warren, who probably would not have made it further than being a small town Ohio newspaper editor without her; yet he showed considerable resentment toward her outspokenness over the years--perhaps the root of some of his womanizing.
		Harding in his book, The Strange Death of President Harding, a ghost written work that was penned by a tabloid jouranlist who sued Means when he failed to honor his obligations to the writer.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0688077943?v=glance (2805 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Herrington: Is America's So-Called Worst President Unfairly Condemned?
		Harding's trusted Secretary of the Interior awarded a sweetheart lease on oil fields to a consortium willing to pay his price on the side, which they did to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.
		Kling reversed course only when his daughter agreed to hand the lad over to her father, to be raised as the son Kling had always wanted.
		Harding's vanilla appeal for a return to normalcy, coming on the heels of the grandiose internationalism of Woodrow Wilson, found a receptive audience.
	writ.news.findlaw.com /books/reviews/20040109_herrington.html (2062 words)

	Florence Harding - History Celebrities
		Florence, like her father, was very aggressive and strong willed.
		Harding was successful, as he had turned a bankrupt newspaper, "The Marion Star," into a success.
		Florence was present with her husband on his speaking tour when he died in 1923.
	www.aboutfamouspeople.com /article1077.html (346 words)

	Florence Kling Harding - Legacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Harding worked hard to improve their conditions. She visited the veteran’s hospitals and attended charity dinners. She was known to stop the White House car and give a solider on crutches a lift. She worried incessantly about Harding’s grasp of events and had the Cabinet report to her.
		Neither the Hardings were well and the President’s health collapsed while on tour. He died on the evening of August 2, 1923 in San Francisco. Mrs.
		She created the first modern presidential partnership. She worked for women, veterans, abused animals, children in prisons, and the increased role of women in politics, all while retaining her popularity. Her tragedy was to have been eighty years ahead of her time and to have chosen such a weak man as her partner.
	www.politicalquest.org /index.php/cssID/497/csf/Florence_Kling_Harding_Legacy (401 words)

	Additional Reading (from Florence Harding) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Harding College moved to Searcy in 1934 and gained university status in 1979.
		Florence was one of the greatest cities in Renaissance Italy.
		Florence, however, is not a city that lives only in the past.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-214681 (863 words)

	Florence Kling Harding - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Daughter of the richest man in a small town--Amos Kling, a successful businessman--Florence Mabel Kling was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1860, to grow up in a setting of wealth, position, and privilege.
		Warren G. Harding had come to Marion when only 16 and, showing a flair for newspaper work, had managed to buy the little Daily Star.
		Harding always liked to travel with her husband.
	www.politicalquest.org /index.php/cssID/334/csf/Florence_Kling_Harding_Biography (502 words)

	Florence Kling Harding -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Harding, Warren G. 29th president of the United States (1921–23).
		Harding's business ability and ambition proved important factors in her husband's success.
		She went to his office to help while he was ill. She stayed to take charge of the circulation department and other aspects of business management.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9351366 (808 words)

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