Videos

From the earliest slave-holding first ladies to later champions of civil rights, there is a complicated history of American first ladies and race relations. The White House Historical Associ…

Rebecca Roberts talked about her book, Untold Power, about first lady Edith Wilson and the significance of women’s history month.

New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers talked about her book, American Woman, on the modern-day evolution of first lady of the United States, going back to Hillary Clinton and…

First lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave Americans a televised tour of the restored White House public rooms on Valentine’s Day 1962. A reported 56 million viewers tuned into the CBS broadcast. Ja…

What did first lady Julia Gardiner Tyler have to do with the annexation of Texas? The First Ladies Association for Research and Education hosted a virtual discussion looking at how this firs…

How have first ladies shaped history as presidential advisers and as advocates for societal change? That was the question before a panel of scholars convened by the White House Historical As…

First ladies Pat Nixon and Betty Ford, who served back-to-back terms in the White House from 1969-77, were remembered at a luncheon hosted by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. Spea…

“My mother, Rosalynn Carter, was the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met, and pretty to look at too,” said James “Chip” Carter, son of the former first lady and President Jimmy Carter, as he …

New York’s Hofstra University hosted a three-day conference on Barack Obama’s presidency, including a look at former first lady Michelle Obama’s work and legacy. Speakers included Tina Tchen…

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter talked about her political partnership with Jimmy Carter, the 1976 campaign, and what she learned as first lady of Georgia, as well as her time in the White…

In this compiled program, former first lady Michelle Obama talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.

A service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter was held at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center and Library in Atlanta. Later that evening she lay in repose for the public to mourn and pay …

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died on November 19 at age 96, lay in repose at the Carter Center in Atlanta ahead of a memorial service the following day and her funeral on November …

Jay Hakes and Grace Hale talked about the life and influence of first lady Rosalynn Carter and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. They discussed her high level of in…

Viewers commented on the death of former first lady Rosalynn Carter.

In this compiled program, former first lady Lady Bird Johnson talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.

In this compiled program, former first lady Melania Trump talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.

In this compiled program, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked about her time in the White House and the issues important to her.

What’s the impact of a first lady’s words? Scholars considered the speeches of Barbara Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama. The First Ladies Association for Research…

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s secret wartime visit to see American troops on the South Pacific’s front lines was recounted at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. …