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Grace Coolidge

Grace Coolidge
Grace Coolidge 1924.jpg
First Lady of the United States
In role
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
President Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by Florence Harding
Succeeded by Lou Hoover
Second Lady of the United States
In role
March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
President Warren Harding
Preceded by Lois Marshall
Succeeded by Caro Dawes (1925)
First Lady of Massachusetts
In role
January 2, 1919 – January 6, 1921
Preceded by Nannie Sumner Draper
Succeeded by Alice Wesselhoeft Saltonstall
Second Lady of Massachusetts
In role
January 6, 1916 – January 2, 1919
Preceded by Mary Frothingham
Succeeded by Priscilla Bacon
First Lady of Northampton, Massachusetts
In role
1910–1911
Preceded by Anna Crowley O'Brien
Succeeded by Catherine Smith Feiker
Personal details
Born Grace Anna Goodhue
(1879-01-03)January 3, 1879
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Died July 8, 1957(1957-07-08) (aged 78)
Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Cause of death Heart disease
Resting place Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Vermont
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Calvin Coolidge (1905–1933)
Children John
Calvin
Alma mater University of Vermont

Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was the wife of the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge. She was the First Lady from 1923 to 1929. 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, Grace 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. After the death of her son Calvin in 1924, she won the sympathy of the country. Unlike previous first ladies, who had withdrawn almost entirely from the public spotlight after personal tragedies, Grace resumed her official duties after only a few months.

In 1929, Calvin Coolidge's term as president ended, and the couple retired to Northampton. After her husband's death in 1933, she continued her work with the deaf and wrote for several magazines. She served on the boards of Mercersburg Academy and the Clarke School. After the start of World War II, Grace joined a local Northampton committee dedicated to helping Jewish refugees from Europe, and loaned her house to WAVES. In 1957, she died of heart disease, and was buried in Plymouth, Vermont, beside her husband and her son.


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