Cooking with The First Ladies: Grace Coolidge - Sarah Morgan Livestream Program.

Learn about Sarah Morgan’s Cooking with the First Ladies project and make a few of Grace Coolidge’s best Roaring Twenties dishes!

Sarah Morgan has a bachelor’s degree in history as well as a passion for the first ladies. After finding a copy of The First Ladies Cook Book: Favorite Recipes of all the Presidents of the United States at a thrift store back in 2019, she began a project on Instagram, Cooking with the First Ladies, with the goal to cook her way through all of the administrations. Now, she also creates content for the National First Ladies' Library, filming videos to share first lady food facts, tutorials, and recipes. During the live virtual program, Sarah will discuss First Lady Grace Coolidge and the Roaring Twenties! Grace Coolidge was both a popular hostess and the epitome of 1920s glamour. Join Sarah as she features a few of Grace's favorite recipes: a pineapple salad boat, coffee soufflé, and ice box cookies.

Grace Anna Coolidge (née Goodhue; January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was the wife of the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. She was the First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929 and the Second Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1902 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in teaching and joined the Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech in Northampton, Massachusetts, to teach deaf children to communicate by lip reading, rather than by signing. She met Calvin Coolidge in 1904, and the two were married the following year.
As her husband advanced his political career, Coolidge avoided politics. When Calvin Coolidge was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1919, she remained at home in Northampton with their children. After her husband's election as vice president in 1920, the family moved to Washington, D.C., living at the Willard Hotel. Coolidge did not speak out on political issues of the day, including women's rights. Instead, she dedicated herself to supporting popular causes and organizations, such as the Red Cross and the Visiting Nurse Association.