The developing roles of US First Ladies

 At official receptions, the president curtly

nodded to the people quickly, passes from

one obligatory househoke to the next while

Grace exceptional memory for names her

Genuine concerns for guest’s comfort made

 them feel at ease.

Another example from those period first ladies is Lou Hoover , the latter travelled with her husband extensively translating to him and she contributed to the text books he wrote . The first lady who until now represents the standard by Whichall other first ladies are measured , emerged during that period. Eleanor Roosevelt who was a political and social activist , Roosevelt did a lot of things to change  the institution of first lady. She resumed her political career  after lacing it on a hold while raising her children when her husband was serving in the New York Senate , and by the time he was elected president , Eleanor already had a well established political career; she coordinated a state wide and national political compaign , chaired investigative  and state wide reform organizations , became a respected lobbyist , launched career as a journalist. Roosevelt obiously did not want to abandon all this to become a so cial hostess . That’s why she adjusted the role of the first ladies , she held approximately three hundred press conferences restricting attendance to female reporters . She was even named by her husband to head the federal office of civil defense ; she spoke on behalf of the  president at the 1940 Democratic convention , as the first presidential sponse to give a speech at a convention of the political parties.the modern first ladyship owes much of its evidence to Eleanor Roosevelt.

3. Model wives in the mass media era(1945-1979):

                   With the advancement in television and mass media during this period , the first ladies became an intinate part of the public  domain; they appeared on television, on the covers of popular women’s magazines…they emerged as a recognizable house hold names and faces , Lewist Gould called them “Supportive ladies”. However these first ladies were not really influential or active as their predecessors , for example less Truman and Jackie Kennedy were private inviduals. Pat Nixon and to some extend birds Johnson, were often limited by very cobtoling husbands. Mamie Eisenhower had not the skills necessary for any policy.