“What about Jackie?” The first person Nancy Reagan asked me about was Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. I’d never flown in a helicopter before, let alone the presidential one, but there I was in the sky, whirring through the lower stratosphere above… Read More ›
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The President Who Kissed Six First Ladies – And Many Others
It would prove impossible to determine just which presidential candidate holds the record for kissing babies, that old campaign gesture dating back more than a century. But one can certainly award President Jimmy Carter as the U.S. President who kissed… Read More ›
When First Ladies Met Popes: A Photo Essay, 1841-2015
Last week, Roman Catholic Pope Francis made his first trip to the United States. Upon his arrival in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Barack Obama welcomed the Pope to Washington directly at the airport, rather than wait for his arrival at… Read More ›
First Ladies, Headscarves & History: A Photo Gallery
Simply put, it is much ado about nothing, which makes it a lot about something else. With all the global media attention focused on the fact that Michelle Obama did not wear a traditional Muslim head scarf to the funeral… Read More ›
First Ladies Live Longer: Top-Secret White House Fountain of Youth?
A quarter of a century has passed since Nancy Reagan was First Lady of the United States. Last week, she achieved another notable benchmark. Born in the working-class neighborhood of Flushing, Queens on July 5, 1921 to eventually live in… Read More ›
First Ladies & Their Mothers
There was a time when the best a mother might hope for in terms of her daughter rising to the heights of political power was to be married to the President of the United States. There is no known image… Read More ›
First Ladies in China: Jackie Onassis Kidnapped, Pat Nixon’s Coat, Lou Hoover’s Pistol & Other Tales
On March 19, First Lady Michelle Obama became the fifteenth American First Lady who journeyed to China, six of whom went as incumbent First Ladies. She will be there until March 26. In telling the stories of her fourteen predecessors… Read More ›
A Centennial Gallery of Lady Bird Johnson & her First Lady Sorority”
Today, just three days before Christmas as it always was, is Lady Bird Johnson’s birthday. This year marks her centennial. She is rightly remembered, in terms of her public contributions, as a pioneer in raising public awareness about the encroaching… Read More ›
Michelle Obama's Recent Legislation: A Legacy Begun March 15, 1912 by Nellie Taft
It was a grey dress. Enough said.More vital to the long-term interests of the nation than the clothes she wore one particular day this past December is the historic milestone Michelle Obama reached. That day, she joined President Barack Obama… Read More ›
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