Bess Truman
Bess Truman was the wife of Harry S. Truman, and she remained in our collective memory as one of the most down-to-earth first ladies in history.
As we can see from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum’s website, Bess Truman always kept her old habits, even after she became the first lady of the White House.
She went to the same old beauty shop and continued to pay only $3.00 for her weekly manicure, shampoo, and set.
As she said, there was no reason to change. Bess Truman died in October 1982, as she suffered from congestive heart failure at only 97 years old. She is the longest-lived First Lady in U.S. history.
