first ladies
Presidents' wives, collectively
First ladies are the spouses of heads of state, particularly the wives of U.S. presidents.
The term extends to any woman considered foremost in her field: Julia Child was the first lady of American cooking.
A first lady's role is ceremonial and unofficial but often influential, involving public advocacy and diplomatic hosting.
- gownLong formal garment
- women's suffrageVoting rights for females
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- Jackie Kennedy1960s presidential spouse
- speechOral communication ability
Abigail Adams · Dolley Madison · Eleanor Roosevelt · portrait · power couple · trailblazers · gender dynamics · presidency · campaign trail · Michelle Obama · reform movements · role model · spouse · cultural icons · political memoirs · public service · diplomacy · historical biographies
- Americanspresidents, senators, governors, generals, authors
- First LadiesMartha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- women's historywomen's history, herstory, women's movement, suffrage movement, notable women
- American IconsAbraham Lincoln, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr.
first ladiespresidents
Multiple heads of state
heads of state · elected officials · prime ministers · commanders-in-chief · monarchs
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