It was Diana's work for international causes that impressed so many presidents and first ladies.
Azerbaijan's Mehriban Aliyeva, a dazzling fashionista, is arguably the most prominent among the eastern first ladies.
First Ladies tend to pick an issue on which to focus during their husbands' tenure.
The museum also houses The First Ladies Collection, which displays clothing worn by earlier White House residents.
What sets Queen Rania apart from other first ladies in the region is her egalitarian relationship with her husband.
As previous First Ladies have done, they will travel on a military aircraft.
Unlike other first ladies in the region, she seemed intent on speaking from a position of power and influence.
Included in the display are the gowns worn by the 11 most recent first ladies, beginning with Mamie Eisenhower.
First Ladies who are devoted entirely to keeping hearth and home are also becoming a relic of the past.
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They star ex-models, ex-sports stars, would-be Marilyns, future Presidents (and First Ladies), dead rock stars, and has-beens of all types.
It might be a lot to ask that first ladies get their own substantive debate instead of a cookie bake off.
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First Ladies for Healthy Babies serves as a great example of the tremendous contribution that faith leaders provide with public health outreach.
Other first ladies have led a presidential delegation to past Olympic Games.
Anthony says most first ladies have been informal advisers to the president.
But then, people like you, all of you here, started speaking out, including two of my predecessors, First Ladies Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan.
There are four beautiful trees that are trimmed with ornaments paying tribute to the holiday legacies of former First Ladies dating back to Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Crissy Haslam, the First Lady of Tennessee, is partnering with First Ladies for Healthy Babies to encourage local faith-based community leaders to help Tennessee families.
Historians note that nearly half of America's first ladies didn't even have the right to vote for their husbands, let alone serve as their most visible advocates.
Hillary Clinton gave the same answer in 1995 when asked if she'd ever run for public office, says Myra Gutin, who studies first ladies at Rider University.
CNN's Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour moderated the event, prompting first ladies, medical experts and the international community to address the challenges inherent in globalizing the fight against autism.
She has since had to share the fashion spotlight with First Ladies Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni, a former model, on official visits to the UK with their husbands.
This session was co-organized by UNESCO and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in the framework of the 5th Annual Meeting of First Ladies on Enhancing Gender Equality.
Some critics may argue that such a facility should be within the AU complex in Addis Ababa, but that would not show that Africa's first ladies are independent of their husbands.
As a result of First Ladies for Healthy Babies event in Nashville, in the coming year, the Tied Together staff will bring this critical information to area churches and church leaders.
Mr. CARL SFERRAZZA ANTHONY (Historian, National First Ladies Museum): Much like the way things happened when Jacqueline Kennedy, the first Roman Catholic, or even Ida McKinley, who was the first and only disabled first lady, came in.
Since then, I have served as Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, spoken at many forums, including the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United Nations, the World Health Assembly, and the African First Ladies Summit.
Bush, who also had her official portrait unveiled, thanked the Obamas for their hospitality in hosting the event that included lunch with the Bush family -- including both former presidents and first ladies as well as former first daughters Jenna and Barbara.
At the same time, first ladies are expected to be interested in the issues that are important to American families and so certainly it's important for the first lady to be interested in issues, but unfortunately they want them to be interested in soft issues.
The 2012 decorations embrace several beloved White House traditions: There are 54 decorated trees throughout the residence, and four of them on display in the Grand Foyer are trimmed with ornaments that pay tribute to the holiday legacies of former First Ladies dating back to Mrs.
"You have to put the issue in front of the American people and get them to look at it honestly, " she told TIME last week in a late-night interview at her hotel suite in Panama City, Panama, where she spoke at a conference of First Ladies of the Americas.
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