This time of year was always one of milestones for the woman dubbed by the press as the nation’s first “Princess,” Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the eldest child of President Theodore Roosevelt, the wife of Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth,… Read More ›
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Melania Trump’s Independence from the President has First Lady Precedence
On civil rights to gun control to women’s rights, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Reagan give context to the recent declaration that Melania Trump is “Independent” from the President Copyrighted, 2017 All media and individuals using this original… Read More ›
First Ladies On The Steps & In the Car Together: A Century-Old Tradition
Yesterday’s inauguration offered one new precedent – a lavishly iced Inaugural Cake in shades of red, white and blue, sliced by the new president at one of the balls. The Tiffany box gift presented by Melania Trump to Michelle Obama,… Read More ›
Will Ivanka Trump Melania? First Lady Tag Teams of History
“I can do one of two things,” President Theodore Roosevelt snapped after being informed that his First Daughter, Alice, had yet again been seen in that embarrassingly vulgar act of cigarette smoking. “I can be President of the United States… Read More ›
The First Ladies Tour in Photos, A Tradition Since 1908
Michelle Obama hosted a “tea and tour” meeting today with Melania Trump, after the latter accepted the invitation of the former, to discuss living in the White House and public expectations faced by presidential spouses, and any secrets that may… Read More ›
First Ladies Voting: An Illustrated History of the Right to Ballot
First Ladies have not been voting as long as Presidents. It was not until the 1920 presidential election when there was “universal” suffrage, decreed by the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution and becoming the law of the land in… Read More ›
Nancy Reagan’s Funeral Follows First Lady Tradition
There is at least one custom common among those who’ve lived in the White House and all who have not. Friends, family and colleagues of everyday folk gather for christenings, graduations, weddings and, yes, funerals. Presidents and First Ladies gather for… Read More ›
Obama Fourth President to Visit Cuba: Coolidge, FDR & Truman Went Too
News this week that President Barack Obama intends to visit the communist island nation of Cuba before his term is over in just over eleven months from now, has prompted the media to hail the pending visit as the… Read More ›
The Candidates’ Spouses: Not All Cute Little Buttons
For far longer than conventional wisdom would have us believe, Americans voting for a President et of the United States have given consideration to a matter that had – at least on the surface – nothing to do with policy…. Read More ›
After Terror Attack, First Lady Fortifies Fearful Nation: Mrs. Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Day Address
Terrorism. Refugees. Homeland protection. Fascism. Wartime preparation. Words from the White House. Two days ago, Sunday, December 6, 2015, President Barack Obama addressed the nation on the burgeoning war on terrorism, following a deadly attack in California. Seventy-three years ago… Read More ›
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