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Helen Louise Herron "Nellie" Taft
(June 2, 1861 ? May 22, 1943) was the wife of
William Howard Taft
and
First Lady of the United States
from 1909 to 1913.
Her parents were Harriet Collins and John W. Herron. She was their fourth child. She spent her childhood in
Cincinnati, Ohio
.
When Herron was 18 years old, she met William Howard Taft. They were
married
in 1886. William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft had three children:
She was a part of her husband’s rise in
administration
and
politics
. When her husband became the president, she gave special attention to the
social life
at the
White House
. When she suffered from a
stroke
, her daughter
Helen Taft Manning
left
college
for a year to look after the social life at the White House.
During their stay at the White House, the couple
celebrated
their silver
wedding
anniversary
in 1911. People celebrate a silver anniversary after 25 years of any occasion. She had also written a
book
named
Recollections of Full Years
. The book tells about her work and life. Her husband died in 1930. She continued to live in
Washington D.C.
after the death of her husband. She died on May 22, 1943.