Throughout our history, First Ladies have the power to shape societal attitudes and have used their platform to advocate for important issues affecting the nation. This conference will focus on the First Lady as spouse of the Commander in Chief and the actions they have taken, throughout times of war and peace, to support Americans in combat, military families, and the country’s veterans.
First Ladies of the United States of America
- Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
- Abigail Smith Adams
- Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
- Dolley Payne Todd Madison
- Elizabeth Kortright Monroe
- Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams
- Rachel Donelson Jackson
- Hannah Hoes Van Buren
- Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
- Letitia Christian Tyler
- Julia Gardiner Tyler
- Sarah Childress Polk
- Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor
- Abigail Powers Fillmore
- Jane Means Appleton Pierce
- Harriet Lane
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- Eliza McCardle Johnson
- Julia Dent Grant
- Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
- Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
- Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
- Frances Folsom Cleveland
- Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
- Frances Folsom Cleveland
- Ida Saxton McKinley
- Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
- Helen Herron Taft
- Ellen Axson Wilson
- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
- Florence Kling Harding
- Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge
- Lou Henry Hoover
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
- Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman
- Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower
- Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy
- Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson
- Patricia Ryan Nixon
- Elizabeth Bloomer Ford
- Rosalynn Smith Carter
- Nancy Davis Reagan
- Barbara Pierce Bush
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Laura Welch Bush
- Michelle Obama
Join us as @FLOTUS & @laurawbush talk about military families. Livestream: http://american.edu/FLOTUS @AU_SPA #FLOTUS
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Friday, September 16, 2016
First Ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush speak at a forum on the legacy of first ladies
National Archives, Washington, DC
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Live Stream: http://american.edu/FLOTUS
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