Before she passed away in 2018, she told son Jeb she believed she was going to a "beautiful place" |
Barbara Bush |
200 |
September 18, 2018 |
Melania Trump, the first First Lady born abroad since Louisa Adams, hails from this country next door to Croatia |
Slovenia |
400 |
September 18, 2018 |
In 2006 this former First Lady was ordained a deacon at a Baptist church in Plains, Georgia |
(Rosalynn) Carter |
600 |
September 18, 2018 |
At 80, she was still a beloved member of Washington society, when Mathew Brady made this daguerreotype of her |
Dolley Madison |
800 |
September 18, 2018 |
It was the occupation of Abigail Fillmore, the first First Lady to hold a paying job after marriage |
a schoolteacher |
1000 |
September 18, 2018 |
She volunteered as a nurse at Union hospitals & toured Union army camps with her husband |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
200 |
April 11, 2018 |
During the 1960 presidential campaign, she wrote a weekly newspaper column called "Campaign Wife" |
Jackie Kennedy |
400 |
April 11, 2018 |
Her uncle Teddy walked her down the aisle when she married a future president in 1905 |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
600 |
April 11, 2018 |
This wife of Rutherford B. Hayes came from a slave-owning family but she & her parents were abolitionists |
Lucy Hayes |
800 |
April 11, 2018 |
This First Lady's final acting role was in "The Sam Darland Story", a 1962 episode of the TV series "Wagon Train" |
Nancy Reagan |
1000 |
April 11, 2018 |
This First Lady got a 2-year degree from Georgia Southwestern College |
Rosalynn Carter |
200 |
November 24, 2016 |
In 1814 she wrote she filled a wagon with "the most valuable portable articles belonging to" the White House |
Dolley Madison |
400 |
November 24, 2016 |
Her first marriage was to furniture salesman William Warren of Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Betty Ford |
600 |
November 24, 2016 |
While still dating, she & her future husband attended Eisenhower's first inaugural ball |
Jacqueline Kennedy |
800 |
November 24, 2016 |
This New Englander's first glimpse of her husband made her laugh--he was wearing his hat while shaving |
Grace Coolidge |
1000 |
November 24, 2016 |
(Hi, I'm Bellamy Young, and I play First Lady Mellie Grant on Scandal.) In 1962 millions of Americans tuned in as this First Lady took viewers on a televised "Tour of the White House" |
Jackie Kennedy |
200 |
October 20, 2015 |
She was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 26, 1947 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
400 |
October 20, 2015 |
In 1800 she complained that she could find no one willing to chop firewood for the White House |
Abigail Adams |
600 |
October 20, 2015 |
After graduating from high school, she completed a 2-year secretarial course at Georgia Southwestern College |
Rosalynn Carter |
800 |
October 20, 2015 |
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union funded her official portrait that was presented to the White House in 1881 |
Lucy Hayes |
1000 |
October 20, 2015 |
The first "Second Lady" & the second First Lady |
Abigail Adams |
200 |
December 9, 2011 |
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a presidential library.) In letters from 1840, she wrote both ways on the page to save paper & money; ironically, she was pilloried by the press for spending too much as First Lady |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
400 |
December 9, 2011 |
She prevented the British from burning Gilbert Stuart's painting of Washington, which still hangs in the East Room |
Dolley Madison |
600 |
December 9, 2011 |
After meeting her future husband in Sunday school, she enrolled in a Kansas City, Missouri finishing school |
Bess Truman |
800 |
December 9, 2011 |
Appropriately, this First Lady was "full of grace" |
Grace Coolidge |
1000 |
December 9, 2011 |
She was valedictorian of Plains High School, class of 1944 |
(Rosalynn) Carter |
200 |
March 19, 2009 |
While she was First Lady, her half brother Samuel was killed at the Battle of Shiloh |
Mary Lincoln |
400 |
March 19, 2009 |
Her father was David W, Wallace, a public official in Independence, Missouri |
Bess Truman |
600 |
March 19, 2009 |
Born Letitia Christian, she was the first to become First Lady upon the death of the previous president |
(Letitia) Tyler |
800 |
March 19, 2009 |
An 1877 reception for the Grand Duke of Russia was the only time she permitted alcohol at a state function |
Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy") |
1000 |
March 19, 2009 |
When she married the future president in 1759, she was said to be the richest marriageable woman in Virginia |
Martha Washington |
200 |
February 2, 2006 |
Her father was John V. Bouvier III, a New York stockbroker |
Jackie Kennedy |
400 |
February 2, 2006 |
What a shopper! In the 1860s she reportedly bought 300 pairs of gloves during one 4-month period |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
600 |
February 2, 2006 |
An institute for caregiving is named for her at Georgia Southwestern State, her alma mater |
Rosalynn Carter |
800 |
February 2, 2006 |
She attended Barstow, a finishing school for girls, in Kansas City near her hometown of Independence |
Mrs. Truman |
1000 |
February 2, 2006 |
She met the future president at a backyard barbecue in Midland, Texas in 1977 |
Laura Bush |
200 |
May 5, 2003 |
In December 2002 she turned 90 |
Lady Bird Johnson |
400 |
May 5, 2003 |
Quite the party girl, she's the celebrated First Lady seen here |
Dolley Madison |
600 |
May 5, 2003 |
She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1902 |
Grace Coolidge |
1000 |
May 5, 2003 |
She was 5 foot 2, eyes of blue, & a member of Kentucky's high society |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
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May 5, 2003 |
Born in Massachusetts, she was descended from the Quincy family on her mother's side |
Abigail Adams |
200 |
November 11, 2002 |
Seen here, she was one of the wealthiest women in Virginia in 1757 |
Martha Washington |
400 |
November 11, 2002 |
Her uncle lived in the White House when this future first lady got married in 1905 |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
600 |
November 11, 2002 |
Marvin Pierce, the father of this first lady, was the publisher of McCall's magazine |
Barbara Bush |
800 |
November 11, 2002 |
She was a hostess at the White House for the widowed Thomas Jefferson before becoming first lady in 1809 |
Dolley Madison |
1000 |
November 11, 2002 |
This first lady's hairstyle, including the famous "Mamie's bangs", became one of her trademarks |
Mamie Eisenhower |
200 |
May 31, 2002 |
She served as first lady both in New York City & Philadelphia |
Martha Washington |
400 |
May 31, 2002 |
In 1991 the National Law Journal cited her as "one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America" |
Hillary Clinton |
600 |
May 31, 2002 |
At this first lady's 1962 death, JFK ordered all U.S. flags flown at half-staff |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
800 |
May 31, 2002 |
During her time in the White House--Nov. 1800 to March 1801--she hung the family wash to dry in the East Room |
Abigail Adams |
1000 |
May 31, 2002 |
A former school librarian, she helped organize the Texas Book Festival to raise money for local libraries |
Laura Bush |
100 |
October 25, 2001 |
This first lady was all smiles in the photo seen here, taken at her surprise birthday party in 1954 |
Mamie Eisenhower |
200 |
October 25, 2001 |
Born Elizabeth Bloomer, she sprang up in Chicago in 1918 |
Betty Ford |
300 |
October 25, 2001 |
Largely an invalid, Eliza, wife of this "Tennessee Tailor", made only 2 public appearances as first lady |
Andrew Johnson |
500 |
October 25, 2001 |
Her feelings about thespians might have been improved when Sarah Bernhardt reportedly saved her life in 1880 |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
|
October 25, 2001 |
She once said that of all her sorrows, the death of her son Tad, at 18, hurt the most |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
100 |
December 5, 2000 |
A widow when she wed the future president in 1759, she had been married to Daniel Parke Custis |
Martha Washington |
200 |
December 5, 2000 |
In 1987 she & the former president published "Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life" |
Rosalynn Carter |
300 |
December 5, 2000 |
2 of the 3 first ladies seen in the photo here: |
Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman &/or Edith Wilson |
400 |
December 5, 2000 |
This first lady whose maiden name is Pierce is a distant relative of President Franklin Pierce |
Barbara Bush (nee Barbara Pierce) |
500 |
December 5, 2000 |
In 1969 she graduated from Wellesley College where she was president of the student government |
Hillary Clinton |
100 |
February 4, 2000 |
In the late 1930s, she taught typing & shorthand at Whittier High School in California |
Pat Nixon |
200 |
February 4, 2000 |
She's buried in Abilene, Kansas beside her husband |
Mamie Eisenhower |
300 |
February 4, 2000 |
In November 1800 she wrote to her daughter that "The principal stairs are not up" in the White House |
Abigail Adams |
400 |
February 4, 2000 |
In 1992 she became the 1st first lady to deliver a major address at a national political convention |
Barbara Bush |
500 |
February 4, 2000 |
She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild |
Nancy (Davis) Reagan |
100 |
October 8, 1999 |
She served as a regent of the University of Texas & as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board |
Lady Bird Johnson |
200 |
October 8, 1999 |
In January 1991 this first lady broke her left leg while sledding at Camp David |
Barbara Bush |
300 |
October 8, 1999 |
Her stepfather was Hugh Auchincloss |
Jackie Kennedy |
400 |
October 8, 1999 |
The only first lady whose married name was the same as her maiden name |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
|
October 8, 1999 |
She was the second first lady |
Abigail Adams |
100 |
December 25, 1998 |
In her memoirs, Julia Grant talked about the black Friday when Fisk & Gould tried to corner the market in this |
Gold |
200 |
December 25, 1998 |
His ailing wife Anna sent her daughter-in-law Jane with him to Washington, but he only served a month |
William Henry Harrison |
300 |
December 25, 1998 |
These 2 Roosevelt first ladies were known for their strong personalities |
Edith & Eleanor |
500 |
December 25, 1998 |
The widow Sarah Polk was linked for a while in the press to this bachelor president |
James Buchanan |
|
December 25, 1998 |
First Lady for most of the 1950s, she was a big fan of "As The World Turns" |
Mamie Eisenhower |
100 |
June 29, 1998 |
A little bird told us some folks call her "Bird" for short |
Lady Bird Johnson |
200 |
June 29, 1998 |
In 1972 this First Lady reportedly said, "Being the First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world" |
Pat Nixon |
300 |
June 29, 1998 |
Originally named Elizabeth Ann, she said, "I always wanted to be called Elizabeth, but it didn't happen" |
Betty Ford |
400 |
June 29, 1998 |
Mary Todd Lincoln was born in this state, as was her husband |
Kentucky |
500 |
June 29, 1998 |
She was First Lady for 12 years & 39 days |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
100 |
June 17, 1998 |
She acted as a cover for her husband while the 1978 Camp David Peace Talks went on longer than expected |
Rosalynn Carter |
200 |
June 17, 1998 |
Her first marriage was to William Warren of Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Betty Ford |
300 |
June 17, 1998 |
Julia Tyler began the custom of having this song played as a presidential greeting |
"Hail To The Chief" |
400 |
June 17, 1998 |
Ida went with this man, her husband, to Buffalo, but wasn't present at the exposition where he was shot |
William McKinley |
|
June 17, 1998 |
In her book "My Turn", she points out that Eleanor Roosevelt was criticized for ordering new china, too |
Nancy Reagan |
100 |
November 21, 1997 |
She donated the net proceeds of her dog Millie's book to her Foundation for Family Literacy |
Barbara Bush |
200 |
November 21, 1997 |
This Texas-born conservationist headed the First Lady's Committee for A More Beautiful Capital |
Lady Bird Johnson |
400 |
November 21, 1997 |
She started wearing those famous bangs while living in the Panama Canal Zone with her military husband |
Mamie Eisenhower |
500 |
November 21, 1997 |
First Lady seen here when she was a young girl: |
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
|
November 21, 1997 |
Lady Bird Johnson was the 1st first lady born in this state; she's from Karnack |
Texas |
100 |
June 10, 1997 |
In 1964 she wrote of her husband, "So now he is a legend when he would have preferred to be a man" |
Jacqueline Kennedy |
200 |
June 10, 1997 |
This Missourian known for her "independence" referred to the White House as "The Great White Jail" |
Bess Truman |
300 |
June 10, 1997 |
Sadly, she was declared insane on May 19, 1875 & tried to commit suicide that evening |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
400 |
June 10, 1997 |
This outspoken first lady once told "60 Minutes" she wouldn't be surprised if her daughter Susan had an affair |
Betty Ford |
500 |
June 10, 1997 |
She was 26 when she joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1974 |
Hillary Clinton |
100 |
November 12, 1996 |
This first lady born in 1768 was a real "cupcake" who liked to wear turbans & low-cut dresses |
Dolley Madison |
200 |
November 12, 1996 |
"The World Almanac of First Ladies" says this "Silver Fox" loves mystery novels & tacos |
Barbara Bush |
300 |
November 12, 1996 |
Her sister Lee was maid of honor at her 1953 wedding in Newport, Rhode Island |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy |
400 |
November 12, 1996 |
She did some modeling at Bullock's Wilshire in the 1930s while she was a student at USC |
Pat Nixon |
|
November 12, 1996 |
She was named for her mother's friend Bessie Madge Andrews |
Bess Truman |
100 |
May 21, 1996 |
Rosalynn Carter called her 1984 autobiography "First Lady from" this Georgia Town |
Plains |
200 |
May 21, 1996 |
In 1941 she began writing a monthly column called "If You Ask Me" for the Ladies' Home Journal |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
300 |
May 21, 1996 |
Nancy Reagan said this Soviet first lady "lectured" her "on the failings of the American political system" |
Raisa Gorbachev |
400 |
May 21, 1996 |
In 1947 she made her society debut at the Clambake Club in Newport, R.I. & was dubbed "Queen Deb of the Year" |
Jacqueline Onassis |
500 |
May 21, 1996 |
Born in 1731, she was nicknamed the "Mother of Our Country" |
Martha Washington |
100 |
February 15, 1996 |
When she was a child, her classmates called her Buddy but she's best remembered as Pat |
Nixon |
200 |
February 15, 1996 |
She watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hill near her home with her 7-year-old-son John Quincy |
Abigail Adams |
300 |
February 15, 1996 |
In 1839 she moved to Springfield, Illinois to live with her sister Elizabeth |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
400 |
February 15, 1996 |
She was Georgia's first lady 1971-75, before she became First Lady of the United States |
Carter |
500 |
February 15, 1996 |
On Oct. 20, 1968 this former first lady married Aristotle Onassis on Skorpios, Greece |
Jackie Kennedy |
100 |
July 21, 1995 |
While a U.S. senator, Harry Truman put her on his staff |
Bess Truman |
200 |
July 21, 1995 |
You can visit the birthplace of this 1950s first lady in Boone, Iowa |
Mamie Eisenhower |
300 |
July 21, 1995 |
She was a delegate to the U.N. twice, 1945-1952 & 1961-1962 |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
400 |
July 21, 1995 |
This first lady was the only woman Geology major in Stanford's Class of '98 |
Mrs. Hoover |
|
July 21, 1995 |
Hillary Rodham graduated from this law school, where she met Bill Clinton |
Yale |
100 |
May 8, 1995 |
John Adams' & Millard Fillmore's wives shared this first name |
Abigail |
200 |
May 8, 1995 |
In 1961 she said, "I feel as though I have just become a piece of public property" |
Jackie Kennedy |
300 |
May 8, 1995 |
She sat in on cabinet sessions & participated in the Camp David meetings between Sadat & Begin |
Rosalynn Carter |
400 |
May 8, 1995 |
She got angry if old friends treated her differently after she became first lady in 1945 |
Bess Truman |
500 |
May 8, 1995 |
Nancy Reagan chose the design for this, ivory edged in red; it was donated to the White House |
China |
100 |
November 24, 1994 |
Surprisingly, she was head of the campus Young Republicans while a student at Wellesley in the 1960s |
Hillary Clinton |
200 |
November 24, 1994 |
Robert Kennedy said it was this woman, not her husband, who carried Texas for the Democrats in the 1960 election |
Lady Bird Johnson |
300 |
November 24, 1994 |
His childhood friend, Edith Kermit Carow, became his 2nd wife in 1886 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
400 |
November 24, 1994 |
This 19th century first lady was a fashion trendsetter who made Turkish-style turbans all the rage |
Dolley Madison |
500 |
November 24, 1994 |
Sarah Phillips designed the stunning violet gown this first lady wore to the 1993 inaugural balls |
Hillary Clinton |
100 |
September 20, 1994 |
She said, "There'll be great presidents again...but there'll never be another Camelot again" |
Jacqueline Kennedy |
200 |
September 20, 1994 |
She said 1944 "was the year I fell in love with Jimmy's picture"; she was a close friend of his sister Ruth |
Rosalynn Carter |
300 |
September 20, 1994 |
She was the oldest of Colonel John Dandridge's 8 children |
Martha Washington |
400 |
September 20, 1994 |
In 1875 a jury decided this former first lady was insane; in 1876 another jury declared her sane |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
500 |
September 20, 1994 |
This first first lady was an accomplished knitter |
Martha Washington |
100 |
May 10, 1994 |
After graduating from USC, she taught typing, bookkeeping & stenography at Whittier Union High School |
Pat Nixon |
200 |
May 10, 1994 |
In 1993 LHJ devoted a special issue to her, saying she's still "the most intriguing woman in the world" |
Jackie Kennedy Onassis |
300 |
May 10, 1994 |
A last-minute shopper, she didn't buy a bridal gown until the day before her 1975 wedding |
Hillary Clinton |
500 |
May 10, 1994 |
In 1946 she appeared in the Broadway musical "Lute Song" with Mary Martin & Yul Brynner |
Nancy Reagan |
|
May 10, 1994 |
Alphabetically, she's first on the list of First Ladies |
Abigail Adams |
100 |
November 24, 1993 |
In the spring of 1891, Caroline Harrison had the White House wired for this |
Electricity |
200 |
November 24, 1993 |
When her fiance forgot to buy a ring for their quickie San Antonio wedding, a friend was sent to Sears |
Lady Bird Johnson |
300 |
November 24, 1993 |
To save the cost of cutting the White House lawn during World War I, Edith Wilson put these animals on it |
Sheep |
400 |
November 24, 1993 |
She spent her first years of marriage in China during the Boxer Rebellion |
Lou Henry Hoover |
500 |
November 24, 1993 |
In 1992 Mount Vernon started a tradition of free admittance to women named Martha on her birthday |
Martha Washington |
100 |
November 9, 1993 |
She confessed, "My life didn't really begin until I met Ronnie" |
Nancy Reagan |
200 |
November 9, 1993 |
She was married at the Plains Methodist Church in 1946 |
Rosalynn Carter |
300 |
November 9, 1993 |
Theodore Roosevelt said at her wedding, "There's nothing like keeping the name in the family" |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
400 |
November 9, 1993 |
Appropriately, her White House portrait hangs in the bedroom named for her husband |
Mrs. (Mary Todd) Lincoln |
500 |
November 9, 1993 |
She was born Anne Frances Robbins & nicknamed Nancy in infancy |
Nancy Reagan |
100 |
May 13, 1993 |
For her strong will, this first lady from Georgia is sometimes called the Steel Magnolia |
Rosalynn Carter |
200 |
May 13, 1993 |
Under her prodding, Congress passed the Highway Beautification Act in 1965 |
Lady Bird Johnson |
300 |
May 13, 1993 |
Harry Truman said it was love at first sight when he spotted Bess at Sunday school in this Missouri town |
Independence, Missouri |
400 |
May 13, 1993 |
After her husband's 1901 assassination, she returned to Canton, Ohio, where she died 6 years later |
Mrs. McKinley |
500 |
May 13, 1993 |
Raised as a Methodist, she adopted Jimmy's Baptist faith when they married |
Rosalynn Carter |
100 |
February 25, 1993 |
Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon was born on the eve of this holiday, hence she's known as Pat |
St. Patrick\'s Day |
200 |
February 25, 1993 |
She was in the top 10 of her graduating class at the University of Texas in 1933 |
Lady Bird Johnson |
300 |
February 25, 1993 |
She was attending a charity function in Washington when her husband died in Warm Springs, Georgia in 1945 |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
400 |
February 25, 1993 |
The mansion where she lived with her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, was called the "White House" |
Martha Washington |
500 |
February 25, 1993 |
Sadly, she was committed to an asylum in 1875 |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
100 |
November 26, 1992 |
She called her husband "Ulys" |
Mrs. Grant |
200 |
November 26, 1992 |
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent", she wrote in 1937 |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
300 |
November 26, 1992 |
Her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, was a wealthy planter twice her age |
Martha Washington |
400 |
November 26, 1992 |
Lucy Hayes was the 1st first lady born in this state; her husband was the 2nd president born there |
Ohio |
500 |
November 26, 1992 |
When she met Abe, he said he wanted to dance with her "in the worst way", &, she said later' "He did" |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
100 |
October 14, 1992 |
Lovely Julia Tyler was a native of this state where she was known as "The Rose of Long Island" |
New York |
200 |
October 14, 1992 |
This "Silver Fox" is proud of her white hair & refuses to dye it |
Barbara Bush |
300 |
October 14, 1992 |
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was the 1st president-general of this group of descendants of Rev. War figures |
the Daughters of the American Revolution |
400 |
October 14, 1992 |
She attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut from 1944-47 |
Jackie Onassis (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) |
|
October 14, 1992 |
Lafayette said of this "doll" "Nowhere have I encountered a lady who is lovelier or more steadfast" |
Dolley Madison |
100 |
February 26, 1992 |
She has 3 sons; Amy is her only daughter |
Mrs. Carter |
200 |
February 26, 1992 |
She signed a 7-year contract with MGM in 1949 |
Mrs. Reagan |
300 |
February 26, 1992 |
Her husband's brother Bobby was the best man at her 1953 wedding |
Mrs. (Jackie) Kennedy |
400 |
February 26, 1992 |
She was nicknamed "The Independent Lady from Independence" |
Mrs. Truman |
|
February 26, 1992 |
Her husband used to accompany their daughter, Margaret, on the piano |
Mrs. (Bess) Truman |
100 |
July 8, 1991 |
Martha Washington spent most of her term as first lady in this city |
Philadelphia |
200 |
July 8, 1991 |
Of her husband, her childhood nurse or her mother, the one who nicknamed Claudia "Lady Bird" |
her childhood nurse |
300 |
July 8, 1991 |
In 1898 she became the first woman to graduate as a geology major at Stanford |
Lou Henry Hoover |
500 |
July 8, 1991 |
After Wilson's term ended, she reopened the White House to the public & began entertaining |
Mrs. (Florence) Harding |
|
July 8, 1991 |
Lady Bird Johnson was the 1st wife to hold this book while her husband took the oath of office |
the Bible |
100 |
April 19, 1991 |
Her daughter Julie called her "the most widely traveled First Lady in history" |
Pat Nixon |
200 |
April 19, 1991 |
George Cukor directed this future First Lady's MGM screen test |
Nancy Reagan |
300 |
April 19, 1991 |
When she died in 1849, Zachary Taylor said, she was truly our First Lady for a half-century" |
Dolley Madison |
400 |
April 19, 1991 |
The low-cut necklines worn by this 19th century Kentuckian sometimes shocked people |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
500 |
April 19, 1991 |
This no-nonsense first lady admitted that her trademark pearls are fake |
Barbara Bush |
100 |
April 1, 1991 |
She had 4 sons but only the oldest, Robert, lived to adulthood |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
200 |
April 1, 1991 |
Zasu Pitts got this first lady her first professional role in a play |
Nancy Reagan |
300 |
April 1, 1991 |
The only first lady whose given name was Claudia |
Claudia Alta Taylor (Lady Bird Johnson) |
500 |
April 1, 1991 |
She didn't attend her husband's 1797 inauguration because her mother-in-law was ill |
Abigail Adams |
|
April 1, 1991 |
Jackie Kennedy's favorite First Lady was this down-to-earth native of Independence, Missouri |
Bess Truman |
100 |
October 23, 1989 |
Her loyalty to the government was questioned because she was a Southerner |
Mary Todd Lncoln |
200 |
October 23, 1989 |
She met her future husband while she was a teacher at Whittier High School in California |
Pat Nixon |
300 |
October 23, 1989 |
When Claudia Alta Taylor was 2 years old, her nurse said she was as pretty as one of these |
a lady bird |
400 |
October 23, 1989 |
In 1776 this future First Lady urged her husband John "to remember the ladies," or else... |
Abigail Adams |
500 |
October 23, 1989 |
1950s first lady who was so fond of pink that in her day the White House was called "the Pink Palace" |
Mamie Eisenhower |
100 |
July 18, 1989 |
A native of Independence, Missouri, she lived to be almost 98 years old |
Bess Truman |
200 |
July 18, 1989 |
Her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Quincy |
Mrs. John Adams (Abigail) |
300 |
July 18, 1989 |
This neurotic 19th century first lady was disparagingly known as "The She-Wolf" |
Mrs. Lincoln (Mary Todd Lincoln) |
400 |
July 18, 1989 |
Patty Duke played this first lady in a 1984 miniseries that starred Barry Bostwick |
Martha Washington |
500 |
July 18, 1989 |
His wife, Louisa, was the only first lady born abroad, but she was buried in Quincy, Mass. |
John Quincy Adams |
100 |
January 24, 1989 |
Tom Selleck said this first lady helped him overcome his fear of dancing with the Princess of Wales |
Nancy Reagan |
200 |
January 24, 1989 |
Mrs. Nixon was nicknamed Pat because she as born on the eve of this holiday |
St. Patrick\'s Day |
300 |
January 24, 1989 |
She was the only first lady born in Kentucky |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
400 |
January 24, 1989 |
She co-wrote the 1988 book "Wildflowers Across America" |
Lady Bird Johnson |
500 |
January 24, 1989 |
It's said Louisa, wife of J.Q. Adams, read the "Dialogues of Plato" to her sons in this language |
Greek |
100 |
March 24, 1988 |
Her extensive traveling during WWII earned her the code name "Rover" |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
200 |
March 24, 1988 |
"Lemonade Lucy", she was ruthless, not Rutherfordless, about not serving alcohol in the White House |
Lucy Hayes |
300 |
March 24, 1988 |
Probably the "Bes"t First Lady athlete, she once shook 2483 hands in a single day |
Bess Truman |
400 |
March 24, 1988 |
The $1 silver certificate issued in 1886 was 1st bill bearing a woman's portrait -- hers |
Martha Washington |
500 |
March 24, 1988 |
Her marriage to a Mass. senator in '53 was Society's "Wedding of the Year" |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Onassis) |
100 |
April 8, 1985 |
He was introduced to his future first lady, Dolley Todd, by Aaron Burr |
James Madison |
200 |
April 8, 1985 |
From 1945 to 1951, Eleanor Roosevelt was a delegate to this U.N. body |
the General Assembly |
300 |
April 8, 1985 |
Since she was raised in Kentucky, many accused her of disloyalty to the Union cause |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
400 |
April 8, 1985 |
She was an extra in 1936's "Becky Sharp" & "Small Town Girl" |
Pat Nixon |
500 |
April 8, 1985 |
She 1st met husband while complaining to S.A.G. about unwanted Communist literature |
Nancy Reagan |
100 |
December 5, 1984 |
After 1st breaking the engagement, Lincoln went on to marry her |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
200 |
December 5, 1984 |
Virginia Governor Charles Robb's mother-in-law |
Lady Bird Johnson |
300 |
December 5, 1984 |
In '62 Adlai Stevenson eulogized: "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness" |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
400 |
December 5, 1984 |
Only wife of 1 president & mother of another |
Abigail Adams |
500 |
December 5, 1984 |
She talked to Arnold's class about drugs on TV's "Diff'rent Strokes" |
Nancy Reagan |
100 |
September 20, 1984 |
One of her early suitors was her husband's arch rival, Stephen A. Douglas |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
200 |
September 20, 1984 |
Teddy's niece, her married & maiden names were the same |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
300 |
September 20, 1984 |
Her tough Texas husband preferred her nickname to calling her Claudia Alta |
Lady Bird Johnson |
400 |
September 20, 1984 |
She was expelled from Society of Friends for marrying non-Quaker 4th president |
Dolley Madison |
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September 20, 1984 |