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Essay on Florence Harding
Florence Harding was the wife of Warren G. Harding, was First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923. She was the daughter of the richest man in a small town, Amos Kling, a successful businessman, Florence (Flossie) Mabel Kling.
At age 19, Florence eloped with Henry De Wolfe, her childhood friend and neighbor. To date, scholastic researchers have been unable to official documentation or a legal marriage license for the couple, leading to the belief that Henry "Pete" DeWolfe and Florence Kling were never civilly married, but instead declared "common-law" marriage as allowed at the time under Ohio law. She divorced De Wolfe in 1886 and resumed her maiden name; he died at age 35.
Refusing to live at home, she rented rooms and earned her own money by giving piano lessons to children of the neighborhood. Finding it difficult to work and watch her toddler-age son, she gave the boy to her parents to raise, but continued to work and earn her own keep......
