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Caroline Harrison, the first wife of Benjamin Harrison, complained about people streaming past her sewing room on their way to the president's office. The place was "a circus . . . a show," she said. For more privacy she proposed a separate residence and a couple of remodeling plans, but Congress rejected all three of her schemes. She had to content herself with $35,000 for decoration, electrification, and rat extermination. more... |
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