She was long viewed as "the crazy sister that ran off to Paris." But retired Virginia schoolteacher Barbara VornDick "unearthed a new narrative." www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...
Eliza Monroe Hay, daugher of fifth U.S. President James Monroe, died penniless in Paris in 1840. On Thursday, her remains were reunited with her family thanks to the work of one woman.