Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
The White House and First Ladies' Library also gives the religion of each First Lady, too.. it just seemed appropriate. The table needs to be reconfigured to be sortable. This includes listing the two presidents with two wifes twice in different cells and modifying the headings.
First African American first lady. [85] First first lady to attend an Ivy League university for her undergraduate degree. She majored in sociology and minored in African-American studies at Princeton University. [86] [87] [88] First first lady to announce the winner of an Oscar (Best Picture which went to Argo). [89]
Bibliography of United States presidential spouses and first ladies; First Ladies National Historic Site; Henry G. Freeman Jr. Pin Money Fund; List of first ladies of the United States; List of First Lady of the United States firsts; Office of the First Lady of the United States
According to a series of Gallup polls dating back to 1969, former president George W. Bush's wife, Laura Bush, has received the highest approval ratings as first lady in recent U.S. history.
First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role. Though they weren't called "First Lady" at the time, Martha Washington ...
List of first ladies of the United States; List of first ladies of Mississippi; List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States; List of American women's firsts; List of Florida suffragists; Florida Women's Hall of Fame
First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents' Wives and Their Power (2 vols.). New York: William Morrow and Co. Beasley, M. H. (2005). First ladies and the Press: The Unfinished Partnership for the Media Age. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. [2] Black, A. M. (2019). The First Ladies of the United States of America. Washington D.C ...