“I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenCarePresidentRolesFailingHusbandMajorsTake CareFirst Lady Author:Jackie Kennedy
“During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to women. There were voices that were new to me: the voices of military spouses, many of them women, and veterans.... I was overwhelmed by their challenges, and the notion that we as a country don't even know that these women exist, because we live in a country where one percent of the population protects the rights and freedoms of the other 99 percent of us. I thought that if I had the opportunity to serve as First Lady, I was going to use this platform to be their voice.” IfsKnowsFirstsCountryUseJobsOpportunityVoiceChallengesRightsMilitaryProtectHusbandPercentNotionPopulationCampaignsMy HusbandPlatformsSpouseVeteranOverwhelmedFirst LadyRights And FreedomsMilitary Spouse Author:Michelle Obama
“So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her husband's policies?” FirstsBookWrittenPolicyHusbandCriticizeFirst LadyEleanor Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“Way back in 1979, as a guest on a local TV show in Arkansas, then Hillary Rodham was quizzed about not taking her husband's last name when they got married and keeping her job as a lawyer while being first lady of the state.” WayFirstsStatesShowsJobsLastsNamesTvsHusbandMarriedLawyerLocalsGuestsTv ShowsFirst LadyArkansas Author:Tamara Keith
“I'm completely perplexed how someone who has most of the mainstream media for Hillary Clinton, well all the mainstream media, well most of the media for her, she's got a sitting president - a sitting First Lady far more popular than she'll ever supposed to be, a former president also her husband, the sitting vice president, a thousand people working in Brooklyn, she has all these states locked up and she can't crack 50% and stay there.” PeopleFirstsWellsStatesPresidentMediaThousandHusbandSittingClintonVicesFormerSupposed To BeCracksMainstreamLockedBrooklynVice PresidentFirst LadyLocked UpMainstream MediaPerplexed Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I talk about the food issue, I'm really coming at it from pre-White House times, when I was a working mother with a busy husband, a very demanding job and two little kids to feed.... I had to learn what it means to feed and care for your kids in a country where fast food is abundant, where time is a rarity, where eating out is a trend, because families are so busy.... Yes, I'm First Lady, but I know the struggles.” MeanCountryCareKidsMotherHouseStruggleHusbandEatingBusyLittle KidFast FoodFirst LadyRarityCare For You Author:Michelle Obama
“My life really began when I married my husband.” DiesHusbandMarriedFormerMy HusbandFirst LadyFormer Life Author:Nancy Reagan