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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.
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Chester A. Arthur, and Martin Van Buren were widowed prior to becoming president and remained unmarried during their administration; in these cases, family members acted in the place of First Lady and White House host. John Tyler, Benjamin Harrison, and Woodrow Wilson's wives died while they were in office ...
First first lady to live to see a son become president. [64] [65] First first lady to have lived at both Number One Observatory Circle and the White House. [66] [67] First first lady to hire an African-American as her press secretary. [68] First first lady to throw out a ball to open the baseball season. [68]
The 45th U.S. president has been married more times than any of his predecessors, having sworn himself to holy matrimony before God to three women: Ivana Trump, Marla Maples and Melania Knauss ...
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: The Saga of the Presidents' Wives and Their Power published by William Morrow, New York, New York Volume 1: 1789–1961 (1990) Volume 2: 1961–1990 (1991) America's Most Influential First Ladies, Oliver Press in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1992)
The First Lady [1] is an American anthology drama television series created by Aaron Cooley which premiered on Showtime on April 17, 2022. [2] It stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Viola Davis, and Gillian Anderson, among others, and portrays life and family events of three first ladies of the United States: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Michelle Obama.
In the United States, the first spouse is the term used to refer to the spouse of a chief executive—that is, of the spouse of the president of the United States (the first lady of the United States and the first gentleman of the United States) and the spouses of the governors of the 50 U.S. states and U.S. territories (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the ...