Former First Ladies ( from left to right ) Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Rodham Clinton | Hillary Clinton, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush at the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park in 2004.

Former First Ladies Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the National Garden Gala, A Tribute to America's First Ladies, May 11, 1994.

Established in 1912, the First Ladies Collection has been one of the most popular attractions at the Smithsonian Institution.

In 2008, “ First Ladies at the Smithsonian ” opened at the National Museum of American History as part of its reopening year celebration.

" The First Ladies " explores the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that different women have shaped the role to make their own contributions to the presidential administrations and the nation.

: For a complete list of the first ladies, see List of First Ladies of the United States

In an episode of Wings, titled " Ladies Who Lunch ", which originally aired on November 21, 1991, Faye Cochran ( Rebecca Schull ) has a streak of touching every First Lady of the United States from Eleanor Roosevelt to Barbara Bush.

* First Ladies National Historic Site — in Canton, Ohio

* List of First Ladies of the United States

First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents Wives and Their Power 1789 – 1961 ( 1992 ) excerpt and text search

The Role Of First Ladies: A Comparison Between the US and Europe ( 2009 )

* Burns, Lisa M. First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives ( 2008 ) 205 pp. ISBN 978-0-87580-391-3

First Ladies ( 2008 ), heavily illustrated

Rating The First Ladies: The Women Who Influenced the Presidency ( 2nd ed.

First Ladies: An Intimate Group Portrait of White House Wives ( 1996 ) excerpt and text search

* Alphabetical List of First Ladies of the United States

* The First Ladies at the Smithsonian An online exhibition from the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

With her predecessor, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, Bush dedicated the First Ladies Red Dress Collection at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in May 2005.

* 1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, 40th First Lady of the United States

It is an exhibit containing red suits worn by former First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush meant to raise awareness by highlighting America's first ladies.

Mr. T portrays Santa Claus at the White House with First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1983.

Nancy Davis Reagan ( born Anne Frances Robbins ; July 6, 1921 ) is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

Nancy was the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975.

Nancy Reagan became First Lady of the United States in January 1981 following her husband's election.

Nancy as the First Lady of California

In 1967, Nancy Reagan was appointed by her husband to the California Arts Commission, and a year later was named Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year ; in its profile, the Times labeled her " A Model First Lady ".

The 1976 campaign included the so-called " battle of the queens ", contrasting Nancy with First Lady Betty Ford.

First Lady Nancy Reagan and President Reagan during the inaugural parade, 1981

Nancy Reagan became the First Lady of the United States when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president in January 1981.

First Lady Nancy Reagan and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Jacqueline Kennedy with the President in 1985.

Nancy and Jackie were often compared due to their glamour, in contrast to the intervening First Ladies.

In 1985, Nancy expanded the campaign to an international level by inviting the First Ladies of various nations to the White House for a conference on drug abuse.

Though Nancy was a controversial First Lady, 56 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of her when her husband left office on January 20, 1989, with 18 percent having an unfavorable opinion and the balance not giving an opinion.

In late 1989, the former First Lady established the Nancy Reagan Foundation, which aimed to continue to educate people about the dangers of substance abuse.

Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it ; she accepted the medal on behalf of both of them.

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan says her last goodbye to President Ronald Reagan on June 11, 2004, prior to the interment and concluding a Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan | week-long state funeral for the president.

Reagan was First Lady of California during her husband's two terms as governor.

Reagan hosts the First Ladies Conference on Drug Abuse at the White House, 1985.

Barbara was a frequent critic of the Bill Clinton administration and wrote a book about then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton ( 1999 ).

* 1925 – Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States

When the First World War broke out, he hastened to join the British Army, releasing Barbara from her engagement in case he was killed or mutilated.

Compared to fellow First Ladies when their husbands left office, Reagan's approval was higher than those of Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Rodham Clinton, however she was less popular than Barbara Bush and her disapproval rating was double that of Carter's.

* June 8 – Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States

* First Impressions of Greece, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973.

On 1 June 1990, Gorbachova accompanied U. S. First Lady Barbara Bush to Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

Bush, former President George W. Bush, and former First Lady Barbara Bush.

Barbara Pierce Bush ( born June 8, 1925 ) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

She founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy while First Lady.

Barbara Bush's cause as First Lady was family literacy, as it was when she was Second Lady, calling it " the most important issue we have ".

Barbara Bush became the first U. S. First Lady to become a recipient of the Henry G. Freeman Jr. Pin Money Fund, receiving $ 36, 000, most of which she gave to favorite charities.

During the 1960s, he continued his television career, with guest appearances on such series as The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Route 66 ( a moving portrayal of a doomed pilot in the two-part episode " Fly Away Home "); Alfred Hitchcock Presents ; Perry Mason ( one of four actors in four consecutive episodes substituting for series star Raymond Burr, who was recovering from surgery ); Wagon Train ( a 90-minute colour episode as an English big game hunter who, in a display of amazing marksmanship, is able to kill an Indian chief from a great distance ); The Great Adventure ( in an installment of this anthology series about remarkable events in American history, he portrayed Confederate president Jefferson Davis ); Daniel Boone, ( in episodes " The Sound of Wings " and " First in War, First in Peace "); Lost in Space ( another two-part episode — as an all-powerful alien zookeeper, " The Keeper ", he worked one last time with his Third Man costar Jonathan Harris ); The Time Tunnel ( as Captain Smith of The Titanic, in the series ' 9 September 1966 premiere episode ); Batman ( as the villainous Sandman, in league with Julie Newmar's Catwoman ); three episodes of The Invaders ( as a malign variation of the Klaatu persona, culminating in a parallel plot also involving an assembly of world leaders ); an episode of I Spy (" Lana "); and two episodes of The F. B. I.

Texts by Barbara Dawson ' Unfailing Eye ', Louis le Brocquy ' Artist's Note ', Mick Wilson ' To look, and then to look again, once more ', Pierre le Brocquy ' Chronology: First Works '.

Carter joins First Ladies ( left to right ) Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, and Barbara Bush at the National Garden Gala: A Tribute to America's First Ladies in 1994

* Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States