Grace Goodhue Coolidge lived in this house with her parents in Burlington, Vermont while she attended school at the University of Vermont. Grace went on to become a teacher to the deaf at a school in Northampton, where she met Calvin Coolidge.
In 1905, the Coolidges were married in her parents' house in Burlington. It was the beginning of a successful relationship that ended only with Calvin's death in 1933. Grace balanced her naturally taciturn husband's reserve with her gregarious wit, and she proved to be one of the White House's most popular hostesses. She was also a favorite of the people thanks to her unpretentious elegance.
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