Nan Britton, seen here in the 1920s developed her crush on Warren G. Harding when she was a teenage girl.

Nan P. "Nanny" Britton (November 9, 1896-March 21, 1991) was a figure associated with the Presidency of Warren G. Harding and an author. Nan Britton Christian (1896-1991) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nan Britton Christian (1896-1991) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...

Born in Marion, Ohio, Britton developed an obsession with her father's friend, Warren G. Harding. As a young girl, her bedroom walls were covered with images of Harding from local papers and magazine. She would also dawdle near his Marion Daily Star building in downtown Marion, Ohio hoping to bump into Harding on his walk home from work. She was not yet sixteen years old. Marion is a city in Marion County, Ohio, United States. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... The Marion Daily Star is a newspaper in Marion, Ohio, originally owned and published by Warren G. Harding and Florence Kling Harding. ... Marion is a city in Marion County, Ohio, United States. ...

Her father, Dr. Britton, talked to Harding about his daughter's infatuation, and in turn, Harding spoke with the girl, assuring her that one day she would find the man of her dreams. At the time, Harding was involved in a very passionate affair with Carrie Fulton Phillips, wife of James Phillips, co-owner of Marion's Uhler-Phillips Company, a local department store. Following her graduation from Marion High School in 1914, Britton moved to New York City where she hoped to start a career as a secretary. Infatuation, the state of being completely carried away by unreasoning passion or love; addictive love. ... Following the death of Warren G. Harding, Carrie Phillips became obsessed with German culture, including the breeding of pure bred German Shepherd dogs Carrie Phillips (born Caroline Fulton on September 22, 1873 near Bucyrus, Ohio in Crawford County, Ohio- died February 3, 1960) was a mistress of Warren G. Harding... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City...

Following Harding's death, Britton wrote what is considered to be the first kiss-and-tell book The President's Daughter, published in 1927. In this book, she claimed to have been the mistress of U.S. President Warren G. Harding, and that Harding was the father of her daughter, Elizabeth Ann (b. 1919) who was later adopted by Britton's husband, Mr. Christian. One famous passage mentions their making love in a coat closet in the executive office of the White House. The Presidents Daughter (1928) is a book written by Nan Britton, a native of Marion County Ohio, who claimed in the book that during a six year relationship, she and then Senator Warren G. Harding (later the 29th President of the United States) conceived a child together in 1919. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

According to Britton, Harding had promised to support her daughter, but that after his sudden death in 1923 Harding's family refused to acknowledge the obligation. The ostensible purpose of the book was to earn money for the support of her daughter, and to champion the rights of illegitimate children. Eventually, a lawsuit (Britton v. Klunk) was brought; however, Britton was unable to provide any concrete evidence and buckled under the cross examination from attorney and former Marion U.S. Representative Grant Mouser, which cost her the case. ¹

Britton's memoirs were sincere; however, her portrayal of Harding and his colloquialisms -- which she found charming -- painted a picture of a crude womanizer. In Only Yesterday, Frederick Lewis Allen remarks that, on the testimony of Britton's book, Harding's private life was "one of cheap sex episodes" and that "one sees with deadly clarity the essential ordinariness of the man, the commonness of his 'Gee dearie' and 'Say, you darling.'" The book was among those irreverently reviewed by Dorothy Parker for The New Yorker magazine as part of her famous Constant Reader column, under the title "An American DuBarry." Only Yesterday , meaning Memories Like Falling Teardrops (more literally, Memories Like Falling Rain Drops) is a film by critically acclaimed director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) and produced by Studio Ghibli. ... Frederick Lewis Allen (July 5, 1890 - February 13, 1954) was an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century whose specialty was writing about what was at the time recent and popular history. ... Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...

At the time of her death, aged 94, on March 21, 1991 in Clackamas County, Oregon, she was known as Nan P. Britton. She was always resolute that she and the late president were the parents of Elizabeth Ann, now Elizabeth Ann Blaesing. March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clackamas County (IPA: ) is a county located in the state of Oregon. ... Elizabeth Ann Blaesing, nee Christian, born in Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1919 is the alleged daughter of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States and Nan Britton, a native of Marion County Ohio. ...

Notes

1. Author Carl Sferraza Anthony (Florence Harding, p. 530) writes that court transcripts in Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County Ohio), stated that Grant Mouser referred to Nan Britton as a "degenerate and pervert" before shifting the defenses argument that "Mouser brought (Florence Kling Harding) into the conflict using Warren's 'love of his good wife' against 'distorted...deranged...demented...diabolical' Nan who had no respect for the marriage tie..."hi

Sources

• Anthony, Carl Sferrazza. Florence Harding, William Morrow and Co., New York City, 1998, ISBN 0-688-07794-3
• Britton, Nan. The President's Daughter. Elizabeth Ann Guild, New York City, 1928 (reprinted 1973), ISBN 0-8369-7132-9.
• Dean, John; Schlesinger, Arthur M. Warren Harding (The American President Series), Times Books, 2004, ISBN 0-8050-6956-9
• Ferrell, Robert H. The Strange Deaths of President Harding, University of Missouri Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8262-1202-6
• Mee, Charles Jr. The Ohio Gang: The World of Warren G. Harding: A Historical Entertainment, M. Evans & Company, 1983, ISBN 0-87131-340-5