What is Bess Truman?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Bess Truman | image = Bess Truman cropped.jpg | caption = Portrait, {{circa|1940s}} | president = [[Harry S. Truman]] | term_start = April 12, 1945 | term_end = January 20, 1953 | term_label = In role | predecessor = [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] | successor = [[Mamie Eisenhower]] | vicepresident1 = Harry S. Truman<!-- DO NOT LINK, already linked above --> | term_start1 = January 20, 1945 | term_end1 = April 12, 1945 | term_label1 = In role | predecessor1 = [[Ilo Wallace]] | successor1 = [[Jane Hadley Barkley]] | birth_name = Elizabeth Virginia Wallace | birth_date = {{birth date|1885|2|13}} | birth_place = [[Independence, Missouri]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|10|18|1885|2|13}} | death_place = Independence, Missouri<!-- DO NOT LINK, already linked above -->, U.S. | restingplace = [[Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|Harry S. Truman<!-- DO NOT LINK, already linked above -->|1919|1972|reason=died}} | children = [[Margaret Truman]] | signature = Bess Truman Signature.svg | title1 = [[Second Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States|Second Lady of the United States]] | title = [[First Lady of the United States]] }} '''Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman''' (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982) was the [[First Lady of the United States|first lady of the United States]] from 1945 to 1953 as the wife of the 33rd president of the United States, [[Harry S. Truman]]. Before becoming first lady, she was the [[Second Ladies and Gentlemen of the United States|second lady of the United States]] from January to April 1945 when her husband was vice president. == Biography == === Early life and education === Elizabeth Virginia