ExclusiveLouisa Adams: Foreign-Born First Lady

As wife of 6th US president John Quincy Adams, Louisa Adams was the first First Lady born outside the United States. Although her father was an American merchant, her mother was British, and she was raised in England and France. Her cultured manners and musical accomplishments made her a charming hostess in the US and abroad during her husband’s foreign ambassadorships. However, her European background also made it hard for her to adapt to the role of the democratic wife she was expected to play.

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