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Helen Herron Taft Manning (August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987) was an American professor of history and college dean. She was the middle child and only daughter of U.S. President William Howard Taft and his wife Helen Herron .
Three children, two sons, one daughter: Robert Taft (8 September 1889 - 31 July 1953); Helen Taft [Manning] (1 August 1891 - 21 February 1987); Charles Taft (20 September 1897 - 24 June 1983) Occupation After Marriage:
Feb 28, 1987 · Helen Taft Manning, the only daughter of President William Howard Taft, has died at age 95. Mrs. Manning, a former dean of Bryn Mawr College whose career there spanned four decades,...
Feb 23, 1987 · Helen Taft Manning, professor emeritus of history and longtime dean of Bryn Mawr College, died Saturday of pneumonia at a nursing home in suburban Philadelphia. She was 95 years old....
The Helen Taft Manning papers house the records of Helen Taft Manning. This collection, which dates from 1861 to 1992, with bulk dates of 1915 to 1974, consists of correspondence, writings, clippings, and personal objects from the Manning family.
Taft was the lovely kind of kindly man whose bewilderment by unkindness rendered him incapable of intelligent response. As progressivist pressure against his administration increased, he took solace in automobile drives on which his daughter often accompanied him.
Helen Herron Taft Manning (1891-1987) was the daughter of President of the United States William Howard Taft and his wife Helen Herron. Taft graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1915, was named dean in 1917, and rose to acting president in 1919.
