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Elizabeth Virginia Truman ( née Wallace; February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was the wife of President Harry S. Truman and the First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. She also served as the second lady of the United States from January to April 1945.
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, wife of the 33rd President of the United States, was born on February 13, 1885, at 117 West Ruby Street in Independence, Missouri. The oldest child of David Willock Wallace and Madge Gates Wallace, she was christened Elizabeth Virginia, but throughout her life was called Bess.
Bess Truman was an American first lady (1945–53), the wife of Harry S. Truman, 33rd president of the United States. Bess Wallace, the daughter of David Wallace, a local politician, and Margaret Gates Wallace, came from one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Independence, Missouri.
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Elizabeth “Bess” Truman (1885-1982) was an American first lady (1945-53) and the wife of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States.
Upon the death of President Roosevelt on April 12, 1945, Bess Truman became First Lady when her husband became the 33rd President of the United States. An extremely private person, Mrs. Truman would spend much of her husband’s presidency in Missouri, returning to Washington only for the social season.
Oct 19, 1982 · Bess Truman, the widow of President Truman, died early yesterday after suffering congestive heart failure at her home in Independence, Mo. She was 97 years old. Mrs. Truman is to be buried...
Apr 2, 2023 · Although long associated with her maternal family’s iconic Victorian mansion in Independence, Missouri on Delaware Street that became the “summer White House,” Bess Wallace Truman was actually born in a home on a Ruby Street.
