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Maxine Cheshire, Who Chronicled Beltway Scandals, Dies at 90 A star society reporter for The Washington Post, she was the scourge of presidents, foreign operatives and philandering politicians. Maxine Cheshire in the early 1960s. Her Washington Post society column was required reading across the Beltway and beyond.Credit...The Washington Post, via the Cheshire family Published Feb. 8, 2021Updated Feb. 11, 2021 The first time Maxine Cheshire encountered Jacqueline Kennedy, then a young senator’s wife, at the Democratic National Convention in 1956, Mrs. Kennedy ran away, setting in motion a p...
The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? When Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, she and her husband, Marty, moved to Washington, D.C., where Marty was often asked at cocktail parties about his commute. People assumed that he still worked in New York, because who had ever heard of a man giving up...
Incoming presidents have a range of desk options for the Oval Office. Here's a look at each one and our predictions for Joe Biden's selection.
Mamie Eisenhower, 1957 Credit: Getty For Eisenhower's second term, Mamie upped the ante even further. This Nettie Rosenstein gown featured more than 3,400 tiny pearls, as well as clear topaz stones. Her bag was designed by Judith Leiber, then an assistant of Rosenstein who would go on to make the inaugural bags for most First Ladies going forward. 1961: Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy, 1961 For President John F. Kennedy's Inauguration Ball, Jacqueline Kennedy wore a white gown and cape that she designed herself in collaboration with Bergdorf Goodman's Ethan Frankau. She was making a s...