Jane Means Appleton Pierce

Websites 

First Ladies National Library Biography of Jane Pierce

White House Historical Association: Jane Pierce

The White House: Jane Means Appleton Pierce

Papers/letters collections

Jane Pierce: Letter Mourning her Deceased Son

Manuscripts for: Jane Pierce

Library of Congress: Pierce-Aiken Family Papers

Historical sites

Jane Pierce Gravesite

Fascinating details

• Jane Pierce was not happy with her husband’s nomination for president as she had no interest in Washington or politics.
• She was nicknamed the “Shadow of the White House” because she was often in her room mourning the deaths of her three children.