02/10/2025

FLARE Program - Hooked On History: Unraveling Yarns About The First Ladies

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 7pm ET

Hooked On History: Unraveling Yarns About The First Ladies

If you knit or crochet or quilt and love learning about the first ladies, then you will be interested to find out that Edith Roosevelt cross-stitched a sample of Theodore Roosevelt’s life. Grace Coolidge crocheted the coverlet for the Lincoln bed in the White House. And whenever Eleanor Roosevelt was sitting, she was knitting. Join Debra Scala Giokas author of “Ladies, First: Common Threads” for a look at the handiwork of a dozen first ladies and learn about their inspiring stories of perseverance, service and sacrifice. She will be interviewed by Sharon Fawcett, retired Director of the Presidential Libraries of the National Archives and  Records Administration and a FLARE Lifetime Individual member.

The program is at 7 pm ET. To view the program go to: Flare’s Facebook page or  YouTube channel.

Bio:

Debra Scala Giokas, a seasoned marketing communications professional, worked at law firms on Long Island, New York and now at her alma mater, Stony Brook University, where she earned a BA in English. She also earned an MBA from Dowling College where she taught courses in marketing. Debra, a Hutton House Lecturer, is a member of the First Ladies Association for Research and Education, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Crochet Guild of America and New York Women in Communications. Her book, Ladies: First: Common Threads, intended for middle school children, has garnered the interest of many adults locally and nationally, and she has been speaking at historical societies, museums and libraries for the past three years. Her children’s picture book was published in 2021, along with a companion coloring book, on the American fashion designer Claire McCardell. To learn more about Debra, please visit debrascalagiokas.com.