One was First Lady of the Fifties known for her pink carnations and sassy asides named Mamie, the other a compassionate, wisecracking actress whose most famous role was named Mame. It’s hardly a wonder that Mamie Eisenhower and Rosalind Russell… Read More ›
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Michelle Obama at Target: Jackie Kennedy in wigs or Jane Pierce in mourning, First Ladies get Out, About & Undercover
It may seem shocking, but really, it is only unexpected. Yesterday, after one enterprising photographer and one shocked checkout clerk let the cat out of the bag that First Lady Michelle Obama had spent about a half hour doing something… Read More ›
Nancy Reagan & Gary Coleman…and Clint Eastwood, Tom Selleck & Brooke Shields
She wasn’t the first First Lady to have worked as a professional actress, but Nancy Reagan’s cameo appearance on the popular 80s television sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” (which actually ran from 1978 to 1986), starring as herself, made headlines. Appearing in… Read More ›
The First Lady Who Loved Dogs…and got Hell for Saving a Horse
She was married to a President unfairly but routinely considered among the worst, proving that no matter how much good a First Lady may accomplish, it can never supersede the perceived damage done by her husband. If that isn’t a challenge… Read More ›
The Revolutionary Moment of First Lady Betty Ford : Her October 25, 1975 Speech still Makes History
With news today of former First Lady Betty Ford’s death at age 93, it is easy to simply recall her as the leader of the national movement for substance abuse recovery because of the famous southern California treatment center which… Read More ›
Presidents, First Ladies, Kings & Queens
President Barack Obama’s European visit this week marks the second time he will meet with Queen Elizabeth of England. Although the British monarch’s constitutional power is not equal to that of the American president’s, they meet equally as heads of… Read More ›
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