Non User
Index: > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z	Business Non User Industries Finance Tax

Home > First Lady of the United States

The title was used as early as 1849 when Dolley Madison was eulogized as "America's First Lady", but did not gain wider recognition until 1877 when newspaper journalist Mary Clemmer Ames used it while reporting on the inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes.

The First Lady is not an elected position, carries no official duties, and brings no salary. Nonetheless, she attends many official ceremonies and functions of state either along with or in place of the President. Furthermore, many have taken an active role in campaigning for the President they are associated with. Hillary Rodham Clinton took the role one step further when she was, for a time, given a formal job in the Clinton administration to develop reforms to the health care system.

The wife of the president is referred to by her married name--the couple is formally referred to as, for example, "The President and Mrs. Washington."

The term is also used to describe the wife of other government officials, or for a woman who has acted as a leading symbol for some activity (as in "First Lady of California" or "First Lady of Jazz" respectively).

The wife of the Vice President of the United States has been referred to by the colloquial term, the Second Lady of the United States.

If the United States were to have a female President, it is not clear who would take the position of First Lady. A female president could act as her own First Lady, select a female relative or friend to occupy the role, or have her husband act as an analogous "First Gentleman".

1 First Ladies of the United States

The following women have been recognized by The National First Ladies' Library as "First Lady":

The following women are known to have acted as hostess on behalf of the First Lady when she was otherwise unable or unwilling:

NOTE: Chelsea Clinton took over the First Lady's duties when Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as senator from New York.

Politics	Business	Finance

Topics: First Lady Of The United States President Clinton Wife Ladies...

---

First NationalThe First National Exhibitors' Circuit was founded 1917 by the merger of 26 of the biggest First Run cinema chains in the United States of America, controlling more than 600 cinemas, more than 200 of them were First Run cinemas. The foundation, an initiat First handFirst hand is where one experiences something personally, in effect, within reach of ones hands, also known as first person. Other points of view include second hand and third person. See also Hand Right Hand Qualia External links First Hand is also a phi First Lady of the United StatesFirst Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President of the United States, and the title is sometimes taken to apply only to the wife of a sitting pres First Past the Post electoral systemThe first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP winner-take-all plurality voting or relative majority . In political science, it is known as Single-Member District First-order predicate calculusModel theory Logic First-order predicate calculus or first-order logic FOL is a theory in symbolic logic that permits the formulation of quantified statements such as "there is at least one X such that. or "for any X, it is the case that. where X is an el First-class cricketFirst-class cricket is a term for cricket matches of at least three days length, either involving international teams, or the highest division of domestic competition. Conduct of a game of first-class cricket The game is conducted similarly to Test cricke First Council of Nicaea First aid First-order predicate First Epistle to the Corinthians First Epistle to Timothy First Epistle of Peter First Epistle of John First Vatican Council First Council of the Lateran