Transcript: Florence Harding

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July 14, 1998
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TERRY GROSS, HOST: The name Florence Harding doesn't usually leap to mind as one of the 20th century's most popular first ladies.

Yet in 1922, when Mrs. Harding's kidneys failed and she lay near death, Saturday matinees at theaters across the country were interrupted by prayer sessions for her recovery, and thousands of people jammed onto the grounds of the White House to hold a vigil for her.

Florence Harding miraculously bounded back from that attack of kidney failure and through the efforts of biographer Carl Sferrazza Anthony, she's now bounding back from obscurity.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan has a review of the new biography "Florence Harding." ...

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