(18) Julia Grant

Julia Boggs Dent Grant

Websites 

First Ladies National Library Biography of Julia Grant

White House Historical Association: Julia Grant

Papers/letters collections

Manuscripts for: Julia Grant

Library of Congress: Ulysses S. Grant Papers

Library of Congress: Ulysses S. Grant Love Letters to Julia Dent Grant

Book: Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant

Historical sites

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

Julia Dent Grant Gravesite

Fascinating details

• First ‘first lady’ to write all of her memoirs as well as an autobiography. 
• She is cited as bringing light and positivity to the White House, organizing many parties and becoming somewhat of a celebrity figure.