A Daring Rescue: The Life of First Lady Elizabeth Monroe

by JoAnn Vergona Krapp

Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, wife of James Monroe, our fifth president, made a dramatic entrance into history by risking her life to save the Marquessa deLafayette from the guillotine during the French Revolution. Traveling alone in a carriage through the streets of Paris, enroute to a prison, she held little promise that she herself would not be imprisoned. Twenty-three years later, Elizabeth became one of our new nation’s First Ladies, setting the stage for the elegance that would define future hostesses of the White House.

105 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2023