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Julia Tyler, a Very Controversial Woman in 1800s

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19. Julia’s Stepchildren Couldn’t Stand Her

Julia Tyler. Alchetron.

After Julia married the president, many people started to see her in a different light. The upper-class women that once despised the way Julia acted began to believe she settled down and started to treat her with more respect. However, not everyone felt this way. John Tyler’s children couldn’t stand their new mother. 

Tyler, who had told his children he wouldn’t remarry, viewed the quick marriage as a slap in the face to their mother. While the two youngest daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, started to like their new stepmom, the oldest daughter, Letitia, never cared for her. 

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