She first saw her future husband through a window, calmly shaving in nothing but long underwear and a derby hat. This deep dive peels back the cheerful public image of Grace Coolidge to reveal a college-educated teacher who navigated the Jazz Age, private grief, and a surprisingly restrictive marriage.

The first First Lady to hold a bachelor's degree, Grace taught lip reading at the Clark School for the Deaf before marrying the quiet, controlling Calvin Coolidge. As White House hostess she was beloved as Sunshine, yet Calvin dictated her clothes, banned dancing, and kept her own schedule secret, until his 1933 death freed her.

• Her role in the oralism movement teaching deaf children to read lips
• How she served as social camouflage for the scandal-wary Coolidge administration
• The 1924 death of Calvin Jr. from an inf ...