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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.
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]
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First ladies of the United States navigational boxes (6 P) Pages in category "First ladies of the United States" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.
Based on C-SPAN's history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image, the book features interviews with more than fifty preeminent historians and biographers. A must-read for all First Lady fans ...
Betty Boyd Caroli is an American historian and biographer specializing in the lives and roles of American first ladies, and also about certain aspects of immigration. [ 1 ] Caroli was raised in Mt. Vernon, Ohio , and earned a bachelor's degree at Oberlin College .
Margaret Abbott was the first American woman to win an Olympic event (women's golf tournament at the 1900 Paris Games); she was the first American woman, and the second woman overall to do it. [52] Carro Clark was the first American woman to establish, own and manage a book publishing firm (The C. M. Clark Company opened in Boston). [53] 1905
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 ...