Tyler, Julia
Tyler, Julia (b. Gardiner)
(1820–89) First Lady; born on Gardiner's Island, N.Y. She married the widower John Tyler in 1844 and they had seven children. She was an energetic first lady—the first one to have her own press secretary.The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.