- Which first lady married the president while in office?
ANSWER: Julia Tyler
- Which first lady was more educated than her husband and taught him to read and write?
ANSWER: Eliza Johnson
- Who was the only woman to serve as first lady and wife of supreme court chief justice?
ANSWER: Helen Taft
- Which first lady was voted one of America's 12 greatest living women in 1931?
ANSWER: Grace Coolidge
- Who was the first first lady to preside over the White House?
ANSWER: Abigail Adams
- Who was the first presidential widow to remarry?
ANSWER: Frances Cleveland
- Who was the longest lived first lady in history - died at age 97?
ANSWER: Bess Truman
- Which first lady's husband fought 13 duals to defend her honor?
ANSWER: Rachel Jackson
- Which first lady married the president while in office?
ANSWER: Julia Tyler
- Which first lady is the only woman to appear on US paper currency?
ANSWER: Martha Washington
- Who was the first first lady to possess a college degree?
ANSWER: Lucy Hayes
- Which first lady served as the first chair person of the UN Human Rights Commission?
ANSWER: Eleanor Roosevelt
- Which first lady supported the cause of universal literacy?
ANSWER: Barbara Bush
- Which first lady wrote a weekly syndicated newspaper column, "Campaign Wife" during her husbands presidential campaign?
ANSWER: Jacqueline Kennedy
- Which first lady delivered her husband's concession speech after he lost his voice campaigning?
ANSWER: Betty Ford
- Which first lady was the first to give birth in White House?
ANSWER: Martha Jefferson Randolph
- Which first lady was the only first lady to have an affair with 3 presidents while they were in office?
ANSWER: Jane Pierce
- Which first lady sat in on her husband's cabinet meetings in order to be informed of his policies?
ANSWER: Rosalynn Carter
- Which first lady researched the history of the White House furnishings with a view to restoring it to its former glory?
ANSWER: Lucretia Garfield
- Which former first lady is the the 67th United States Secretary of State?
ANSWER: Hillary Clinton
- Which first lady was the first first lady to be seated next to her husband at state dinners?
ANSWER: Ida Mckinley
- Which first lady was the fisrt first lady to write a memoire?
ANSWER: Julia Grant
- Which first lady was an actress in Hollywood in the 1940s and 1950s?
ANSWER: Nancy Reagan
- Which 2 first ladies were the only 2 to act as first ladies simultaneously?
ANSWER: Emly Donelson & Sarah Jackson
- Which first lady remodeled the White House for $475,000?
ANSWER: Edith Roosevelt
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- Which first lady served as first lady as a newly-wed for her father-in-law?
ANSWER: Angelica Van Buren
- Which first lady took valuable and historic items from the White House with her as she fled the approaching British armies in the War of 1812?
ANSWER: Dolley Madison
- Which first lady selected and arranged the books for the White House library?
ANSWER: Abigail Filllmore
- Which first lady was also well versed in Latin and collaborated with her husband in translating Agricola's De Re Metallica, a 16th century encyclopedia of mining and metallurgy?
ANSWER: Lou Hoover
- Which first lady was both a grandmother and wife of a president?
ANSWER: Anna Harrison
- Which first lady ran her husband's presidential campaign?
ANSWER: Florance Harding
- Which first lady worked as a 2nd grade teacher and librarian before joining the political arena?
ANSWER: Laura Bush
- Which first lady was a member of the Albany Association Opposed to Women's Suffrage?
ANSWER: Mary McElroy
- Which first lady banned dancing and hard liquor at official receptions and refused to attend horse races or the theatre as well as host the first annual Thanksgiving dinner at the White House?
ANSWER: Sarah Polk
- Which first lady traveled through eight Southern states in her own train to promote the Civil Rights Act, at one point giving 45 speeches over five days?
ANSWER: Lady Bird Johnson
- Which first lady was described as the first of the modern first ladies because of both her popularity and her advocacy work?
ANSWER: Harriet Lane
- Which first first lady to die in office?
ANSWER: Letitia Tyler
- Which first lady was named Outstanding Homemaker of the Year, Mother of the Year, and the Nation's Ideal Housewife, and once admitted that she pressed all of her husband's suits one evening?
ANSWER: Pat Nixon
- Which first lady was institutionalized by her son after the death of her husband and 3 other children?
ANSWER: Mary Lincoln
- Who's inaugural gown is one of the most popular in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's
collection?
ANSWER: Mamie Eisenhower
- Which first lady, as wife of the American Minister during the Reign of Terror, helped secure the release of Madame La Fayette, wife of the Marquis de Lafayette when she learned of her imprisonment and threatened death by guillotine?
ANSWER: Elizabeth Monroe
- Which first lady was labeled "the Secret President" and "the first woman to run the government" for the role she played when her husband suffered prolonged and disabling illness after a stroke?
ANSWER: Edith Wilson
- Who was the only foreign-born first lady?
ANSWER: Louisa Adams
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