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LIFE First Ladies

LIFE First Ladies
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LIFE First Ladies

First Ladies

First Ladies

The Ladies through the Ages • From Martha to Jill, these are the women who made the White House their home

Leading Women • By blazing the trails, they defined the role and left their mark for all who followed

Eleanor Roosevelt

Lady Bird Johnson

BELLES OF THE BALL • INAUGURAL BASHES THROUGH THE YEARS

Martha Washington

Nancy Reagan

Florence Harding

FIRST LADY AS POP ICON • FRANK AND JACKIE LED THE HIT PARADE

Hillary Clinton

Ellen Wilson

Edith Wilson

Quiet Presence • These women entered the White House with considerable reluctance

Melania Trump

Abigail Fillmore

Mamie Eisenhower

LOOKING ABROAD • FIRST SPOUSES AROUND THE WORLD

Eliza Johnson

Elizabeth Monroe

Lucretia Garfield

Anna Harrison

Letitia Tyler

Bess Truman

Pat Nixon

Laura Bush

THEY ALSO SERVED • WHEN THERE WAS NO PRESIDENTIAL WIFE, THESE WOMEN STOOD IN

Ladies We Loved • They captured the affections of the American public, forming a special bond

Michelle Obama

Julia Tyler

Dolley Madison

Grace Coolidge

Frances Cleveland

FIRST FASHION • THESE FIRST LADIES BECAME STYLE MAVENS FOR THE NATION

Jacqueline Kennedy

Strong Opinions • These First Ladies made no secret of their sometimes controversial beliefs

Mary Todd Lincoln

Rosalynn Carter

Margaret Taylor

Ida McKinley

Helen Taft

Sarah Polk

Jane Pierce

Abigail Adams

THE HOUSE THE NATION BUILT • AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS DWELLING HAS UNDERGONE MANY CHANGES

Betty Ford

Louisa Adams

Lou Hoover

Lucy Hayes

Family First • These mothers cared for their kids and kin in the White House

Barbara Bush

Edith Roosevelt

Caroline Harrison

Julia Grant

KIDS IN THE HOUSE • PRESIDENTIAL CHILDREN HAVE OFTEN ENTERTAINED THE NATION

Jill Biden

Dolley Saves the Portrait • During the War of 1812, British troops may have captured Washington and set the White House ablaze, but Dolley Madison was not going to let them harm the eight-foot tall painting of George Washington bolted to the dining room wall. She instructed workers to hack the canvas from its frame and give it to two New Yorkers for safekeeping.

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