(1864 – 1941)
President Benjamin Harrison welcomed Alice Sanger as
the first female White House staffer on January 2, 1890.
During an otherwise uneventful presidency remarkable
only for allowing Congress a free-for-all in spending public
funds, Alice Sanger’s appointment may have been an olive
branch to the growing women’s suffrage movement that
had gathered momentum during Harrison’s presidency.
Benjamin Harrison
(August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901)
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