November 1, 1979(1979-11-01) (aged 82) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(m. 1916; died 1969)
Children
Doud
John
Signature
Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (née Doud; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household in Colorado. She married Eisenhower, then a lieutenant in the United States Army, in 1916. She kept house and served as hostess for military officers as they moved between various postings in the United States, Panama, the Philippines, and France. Their relationship was complicated by his regular absences on duty and by the death of their firstborn son at the age of three. She became a prominent figure during World War II as General Eisenhower's wife.
As first lady, Eisenhower was given near total control over the expenses and scheduling of the White House. She closely managed the staff, and her frugality was apparent in White House budgeting throughout her tenure. She entertained many foreign heads of state in her role as hostess. She showed little interest in politics and was rarely involved in political discussion, though she did support soldiers' welfare and civil rights causes. She had poor balance due to Ménière's disease, giving rise to rumors of alcoholism. She was a popular first lady, and recognized as a fashion icon, known for her iconic bangs and frequent use of the color pink. The Eisenhowers were married for 52 years, until Dwight's death in 1969. She spent most of her retirement and widowhood at the family farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, before returning to Washington in her final years, where she died in 1979.
^Cite error: The named reference :9 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference :04 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (née Doud; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife...
Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady MamieEisenhower, and a son-in-law of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Dwight David Eisenhower II, better...
David, is the grandson of former U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, MamieEisenhower. Born in Washington, D.C. in 1948, while her father was...
historian. He was the second son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady MamieEisenhower. His military career spanned from before, during, and...
of President Eisenhower, was given the first name Mamie after Ike's wife, MamieEisenhower. Other Van Dorens, who were unrelated to Mamie, were a prominent...
Pennsylvania, just outside Gettysburg. Purchased by then-General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950, the farm served as a weekend retreat for the President...
presentation to MamieEisenhower; the second to David Eisenhower (grandson of Dwight and MamieEisenhower) and the third to David Eisenhower's father-in-law...
suffrage leader Mamie Clark (1917–1983), African-American psychologist MamieEisenhower (1896–1979), wife of President Dwight D. EisenhowerMamie Johnson (1935–2017)...
Memoir of Love; Mrs. Ike: Memories and Reflections on the Life of MamieEisenhower; Partners in Space: US-Russian Cooperation After the Cold War and How...
paternal great-grandparents were U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady MamieEisenhower. She grew up near Philadelphia and graduated summa cum...
grade-school tourist in 1941 and again as the guest of outgoing First Lady MamieEisenhower shortly before her husband's inauguration. She was dismayed to find...
Pennsylvania, attended by her grandmother, former First Lady MamieEisenhower. Her son is Merrill Eisenhower Atwater, who became chief operations officer and then...
pink in fashion and decoration, including MamieEisenhower, Marilyn Monroe, and Brigitte Bardot. MamieEisenhower was influential in the growing shift among...
grounds of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, which also houses Dwight and MamieEisenhower's gravesite. The house was...
Feather Schwartz (2011). The First Ladies: From Martha Washington to MamieEisenhower, an Intimate Portrait of the Women Who Shaped America. Cuberland House...
Seen First Lady Most as Presidential Material; Laura Bush, Pat Nixon, MamieEisenhower, Bess Truman Could Have Done More in Office Eleanor & FDR Top Power...
Elivera M. Doud, the parents of MamieEisenhower, and the in-laws of U.S. President Dwight D. EisenhowerMamieEisenhower's father John Doud was born in...
named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1965. MamieEisenhower was named one of the twelve best-dressed women in the country by the...
"Biography of MamieEisenhower". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved March 11, 2010 – via National Archives. "First Lady Biography: MamieEisenhower". National First...
mistress Mme. de Maintenon. MamieEisenhower fudge – the wife of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower (1896–1979) had this candy...
Global Information
