First Ladies

Wives of U.S. presidents who left their own mark on American politics, culture, and public life.

Abigail Adams

First Lady, political advisor, and the founding era's most insistent voice for women's rights

Dolley Madison

The First Lady who saved Washington's portrait and defined the social power of the presidency

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady, diplomat, and the human rights conscience of the 20th century

Jackie Kennedy

First Lady whose grace under catastrophe defined a generation's image of the American presidency

Martha Washington

The first First Lady — a wealthy widow who built the presidency alongside her husband