Peggy eaton autobiography vs biography
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The infamous Peggy Eaton in her old age.
By Ray Hill
Margaret “Peggy” Timberlake Eaton has been the subject of books and even one Hollywood film (The Gorgeous Hussy) and is oftentimes portrayed as the vixen who nearly caused the collapse of President Andrew Jackson’s administration. The controversy over Peggy Eaton certainly did cause Jackson’s Cabinet to collapse. At the heart of the matter were two things: presidential politics and social convention.
Born Margaret O’Neale, Peggy had enjoyed ganska a few advantages in life as the daughter of a prosperous hostelry owner, William O’Neale. Mr. O’Neale was the proprietor of Franklin House in Washington, D. C. at a time when it was unheard of for Members of Congress to actually own a home in the vicinity. Most Congressmen and senators stayed in upscale boarding houses like Franklin House.
The lively Peggy was a supposed beauty and played the piano, but like many another young woman, she m
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- Bib ID:
- 1144603
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Eaton, Peggy, 1799?-1879
- Description:
- New York : Charles Scribner's sons, c1932
- ix, 216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1879
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1932
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Eaton, Peggy (c. 1799–1879)
Well-known and controversial figure of her day—implicated in the fall of Andrew Jackson's first Cabinet, the ascension of Martin Van Buren to the presidency, and the political eclipse of John C. Calhoun—who has been uniformly denied significance in histories of the American early republic. Name variations: Margaret O'Neale or O'Neill Eaton; Peggy O'Neill, O'Neal, or O'Neale; Margaret O'Neale Timberlake Buchignani Eaton. (Like many aspects of Eaton's life, even her naming is contested. Though in a self-justifying autobiography written late in life she claims that no one called her by the familiar "Peggy," sources confirm that friends and enemies alike used this nickname. In her autobiography, she also anglicizes her maiden name to "O'Neil," though "O'Neale" is the name that appears on deeds signed by her father in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in the District of Columbia; other authors use "O'Neill" and "O'Neal." Though Eaton married Antonio Buc