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Description of  Ida McKinley: The Turn-of-the-Century First Lady Through War, Assassination, and Secret Disability

Published in cooperation with The National First Ladies Library This is the first full-length biography of Ida Saxton McKinley (1847 1907), the wife of William McKinley, president of the United States from 1897 to his assassination in 1901. Long demeaned by history because she suffered from epilepsywhich the society of her era mistakenly believed to border on mental illnessIda McKinley was an exceptional woman who exerted a strong influence on her husbands political decisions. Read more