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134 - First Ladies of the United States

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Course Description: Brought back by popular demand, this class will offer interesting and often little known facts about the First Ladies of the U.S. Beginning with Martha Washington, the course will feature presidential wives into the early 20th century. There will be photos of all of the First Ladies and handouts for you to remember important facts or trivia to share back home. *Campus is closed Tuesday, July 4th in celebration of Independence Day- no classes will be held.

Course Instructor: Joan Elder has taught classes in the Summer Citizen program at USU for more than 10 years. Her career prior to retirement was as a public school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She taught elementary school and middle school and conducted workshops for teachers. After retiring Joan was a consultant for Create-A-Vision doing math workshops for teachers throughout the US. Joan has also taught classes for the ILR in her home community of SaddleBrooke and neighboring Sun City in Oro Valley
JoanLElder@aol.com