Podcast White House Military Social Aides
Military Social Aides perform a vital role for White House events, assisting the Social Secretary and representing the President and...
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For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have displayed a profound knowledge of protocol and society in Washington, D.C. The position had its beginnings in the Theodore Roosevelt administration when First Lady Edith Roosevelt hired an executive clerk. From the intricacies of ceremony planning to routine office work, the social secretary must possess unfailing tact in being a liaison for the president and first lady. In this unfolding series, we hope to create an understanding about this position on the president's staff.
Isabella Hagner is considered the first official social secretary at the White House. She was hired by First Lady Edith Roosevelt in 1901 and she remained in the position throughout the Roosevelt Administration and into the Wilson Administration. Belle was an active participant in shaping enduring elements of White House entertaining, procedures, and protocol and she detailed it all in her memoir—a portion of which is published here.
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