Maybe it wasn’t uncommon during the time, but a bit disturbingly, Frances Folsom Cleveland married President Grover Cleveland even though she was 27 years younger than him.
They met because Grover Cleveland was friends with Frances’ dad. That must have been an awkward wedding!
This First Lady To Be Posed in a Scandalous Advertisement
The future wife of President John Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler, caused quite the stir for the time period when she posed in an advertisement in a department store.
It was considered quite improper to pose with a man who was not one’s relative, and Julia Tyler did just that. Imagine the horror! She was sent to Europe promptly afterward as a punishment for the advertisement.
This President Married His Wife While She Was Still Married…
...to someone else! President Andrew Jackson married his wife, Rachel, while she was still legally married to her first husband.
She filed for divorce, but her husband was abusive and did not cooperate in the time period before Rachel Jackson married Andrew.
Amelia Earhart Did This In Her Pilot’s Jacket
In order to gain some street cred, Earhart slept in her pilot’s jacket for at least three nights in order to make it look like she had worn it more often than she actually did.
She knew it would be difficult to face other pilots as a female, so she did what she had to do to fit in and look like she had more experience than she actually had.
This College Bar Has A Risque Legacy
An attendee of the University of Illinois, Hugh Hefner took a liking to a college bar named Bunny’s Tavern.
The bar was named after its owner, Bernard “Bunny” Fitzsimmons,” but it would soon have quite a different meaning after Hefner graduated and began his famous business, Playboy.