CSPAN3 First Ladies Influence Image - Sarah Polk Margaret Taylor Abigail... July 12, 2024
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact that she took no interest in politics and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. She would not have married him had he been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. It became a shrine to her h...