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Bess Furman
Bess Furman Armstrong (December 2, 1894May 12, 1969) was an American journalist. She covered the White House during five presidential administrations, as a reporter for the Associated Press from 1929 to 1936, then as a correspondent for ''The New York Times'' from 1943 to 1961. Her close relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt shaped her career as she reported on Roosevelt's political activities, unprecedented for a First Lady of the United States, First Lady. During the 1960s, Furman was the top public affairs official in the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Early life Bess Furman was born in Danbury, Nebraska on December 2, 1894. She was the second child of five born to Archie Furman and Mattie Ann Van Pelt Furman. Her father was the publisher of the ''Danbury News'', where she learned to set type as a child. The Furmans moved to Fort Collins, Colorado in 1906, but Archie and Bess had returned to southwest Nebraska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800, using Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by British forces in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
