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OUR FIRST LADIES

The position of First Lady carries no official duties, so each First Lady has served her nation according to her own wishes and interests. Some have played an active role in policy-making, some have devoted themselves to humanitarian and charitable work, and others have focused on family and social responsibilities. Learn more about America's First Ladies.

 

18th Century

Martha Washington

Abigail Adams

 

19th Century

Martha Jefferson

Dolley Madison

Elizabeth Monroe

Louisa Adams

Rachel Jackson

Hannah Van Buren

Anna Harrison

Letitia Tyler

Julia Tyler

Sarah Polk

Margaret Taylor

Abigail Fillmore

Jane Pierce

Harriet Lane

Mary Lincoln

Eliza Johnson

Julia Grant

Lucy Hayes

Lucretia Garfield

Ellen Arthur

Frances Cleveland

Caroline Harrison

Ida McKinley

 

20th Century

Edith Roosevelt

Helen Taft

Ellen Wilson

Edith Wilson

Florence Harding

Grace Coolidge

Lou Hoover

Eleanor Roosevelt

Elizabeth Truman

Mamie Eisenhower

Jacqueline Kennedy

Claudia (Lady Bird) Johnson

Patricia Nixon

Elizabeth (Betty) Ford

Rosalynn Carter

Nancy Reagan

Barbara Bush

Hillary Clinton

 

21st Century

Laura Bush

Michelle Obama

 
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