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How Did Jane Pierce Help President

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Some kids know about the Presidents, but do they know about the people that help him every day. The first lady, the wife of President, is always helping the President in many ways. One of the earliest first ladies is Jane M. Pierce. Jane Pierce was the wife of the fourteenth President, Franklin Pierce. Jane Pierce was born on March 12, 1806, in Hampton, New Hampshire. Her mother was Elizabeth Mean and her father was Reverend Jesse Appleton. Jane had five siblings. She was very small and weak. She liked to wear dark clothes, but sometimes she wore black with white. Since her father was Congregationalist Minister she was a Congregationalist (Staff First ladies). Jane had a good education. She was schooled at home. Jane liked literature. She wanted to procure the literature career. But instead, she did religious acts. Her handwriting was very poor so she could not write very well. Even though Jane had an education she did not go to college. She was Congregationalist, so she learned about the bible. Jane read the bible a lot. She also did a lot of religious acts. …show more content…

Jane and Franklin loved each other, but Jane’s family didn’t approve of the marriage. Finally, on November 19, 1834, they got married. Jane was twenty-eight years old and Franklin was almost thirty. Jane had three boys, Franklin Jr., Frank, and Benjamin. Franklin Jr. was only three days old when he died. Frank died of typhus when he was four. Benjamin was killed by a train in front of his mother. Then in 1853, Franklin became president. Before Franklin became president the Mexican-American War was happening. The Mexican-American War was a war over Texas and slavery in the south. Also Iowa, and Wisconsin became states before Franklin became president. When Franklin was in office slavery was still in the

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