Francesca Donner
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Francesca Maria Barbara Donner was the inaugural First Lady of South Korea, from 1948 to 1960, as the second wife of Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea.
Donner with Rhee and Chiang Kai-shek
Donner with Syngman Rhee in 1933
Syngman Rhee
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Syngman Rhee was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. His administration was characterised by authoritarianism, limited e
Francesca Donner
…프란체스카 도너, born Franziska Donner; June 15, 1900 – March 19, 1992) was the inaugural First Lady of South Korea, from 1948 to 1960, as the second wife of Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea. According to birth documents, she was born Franziska Donner. She later used the spelling Franzeska Donner (even…
Official portrait, 1948
Rhee Syngman 1945's
Rhee's Library of Congress print, 1939
Rhee in 1905 dressed to meet Theodore Roosevelt