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Helen Herron Taft Manning (August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987) was an American professor of history and college dean. She was the middle child and only daughter of U.S. President William Howard Taft and his wife Helen Herron .
28 feb 1987 · Helen Taft Manning, the only daughter of President William Howard Taft, has died at age 95. Mrs. Manning, a former dean of Bryn Mawr College whose career there spanned four decades,...
I Taft ebbero tre figli: Robert Alphonso Taft (1889–1953), Helen Taft Manning (1891–1987) e Charles Phelps Taft II (1897–1983). Nel 1909 Taft fu eletto presidente e con la famiglia si trasferì alla Casa Bianca, dove avrebbero vissuto sino alla fine del mandato nel 1913.
The Helen Taft Manning papers house the records of Helen Taft Manning. This collection, which dates from 1861 to 1992, with bulk dates of 1915 to 1974, consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, and personal objects from the Manning family.
- Bryn Mawr College Library, 19010
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23 feb 1987 · Helen Taft Manning, professor emeritus of history and longtime dean of Bryn Mawr College, died Saturday of pneumonia at a nursing home in suburban Philadelphia. She was 95 years...
The primary family member who helped re-teach her mother to speak properly, Helen Taft greatly influenced the First Lady. Her superior academic skills earned her a scholarship at Bryn Mawr; it a point of pride for Nellie Taft.
After the First Lady’s stroke, teenaged Helen served as White House hostess, assisting her father in serving full suppers rather than the frail buffets customarily offered at the end of receiving lines.
