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The wife of President Barack Obama, she started the White House Kitchen Garden to provide fresh fruits and vegetables for the White House, in line with her initiative of encouraging healthy choices.
Who is First Lady Michelle Obama?
100
She was the first First Lady to also be the mother of a president.
Who was First Lady Abigail Adams?
100
First Lady Edith Wilson is said to be a descendant of this famous Native American woman.
Who was Pocahontas?
100
A gift from the American Consul in Bangkok to First Lady Lucy Hayes and her husband, Siam was the first of this breed of cat to be brought to the US.
What is Siamese?
100
This first lady lost both parents by the age of ten, she cared for her husband when he contracted polio, became the first first lady to have her own press conferences for women reporters, became the first first lady to travel to an active war zone, served as a delegate to the United Nations, served as the chair of the Human Rights Commission, and was appointed to the National Advisory Committee of the Peace Corps and to the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. A modern woman herself, she redefined what it meant to be a modern First Lady.
Who was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
The wife of President John F. Kennedy, she started the White House Historical Association to maintain the historical integrity of the White House.
Who was First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy?
200
She was the first First Lady to be captured on film when her husband gave a speech at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Her husband was later assassinated at the same expo.
Who was First Lady Ida McKinley?
200
This First Lady's image was printed on $1 banknotes in 1886, 1891, and 1896.
(In 1896 she was printed alongside her husband.)
Who was First Lady Martha Washington?
200
This First Lady and her family had the most pets of any First Family to date, with more than 40 animals that ranged from dogs, to a badger, all the way to a lion!
Who was First Lady Edith Roosevelt?
200
This first lady earned a Bachelor of Arts in history, and a second degree in journalism a year later. She supported her husband’s political career, providing $10,000 of her inheritance for his first congressional campaign and running his congressional office when he enlisted in the Navy during World War II. As first lady she was a relentless advocate for women's rights and equality and focused on the environment and efforts to support the arts and humanities. She also was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1988.
Who was First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson?
300
The wife of President Bill Clinton, she is a former Secretary of State and U.S. Senator and has also run for president herself.
Who is First Lady Hillary Clinton?
300
She was the first First Lady to host an Inaugural Ball back in 1809.
Who was First Lady Dolley Madison?
300
A lover of learning, First Lady Abigail Fillmore applied for $2,000 in Congressional funding to establish this room in The White House.
What is The White House Library?
300
This First Lady posed next to one of her family's many pets, a white collie named Rob Roy, for her official White House Portrait.
Who was First Lady Grace Coolidge?
300
After facing issues due to lack of clarity surrounding the role of first lady, she officially established the modern Office of the First Lady and went on to become a powerful proponent of mental health and human rights. She was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999, and was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2001.
Who was First Lady Rosalynn Carter?
400
The wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, she was the last First Lady to be born in the 1800's and preferred to be called "Mamie."
(We're looking for her real name if you know it)
Who was First Lady Marie Geneva Eisenhower?
(She also famously loved pink!)
400
She is the first, and only, First Lady to get married in The White House. She is also the first, and only, First Lady to give birth in The White House
Who was First Lady Frances Cleveland?
400
First Lady Helen "Nellie" Taft planted these trees at The White House after she visited Japan, they now bloom across D.C. every spring.
What are Cherry Trees?
400
Determined not to lose her southern roots, First Lady Eliza Johnson brought these animals to The White House.
What are cows?
(The cows would frequently be seen grazing the front lawn)
400
This first lady was the first woman in Stanford’s history to graduate with a geology degree, served as the National President of the Girl Scouts, and was the first first lady to give a radio address. She also spoke Mandarin, and still holds the record for being the only First Lady to speak an Asian language.
Who was First Lady Lou Hoover?
500
The niece of President James Buchanan, who acted as his First Lady for his presidency since he never married.
(He was the only president to never marry)
Who was First Lady Harriet Lane?
500
She was the first to be called the "First Lady" in the media, officially creating a title for the role.
Who was First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln?
500
Though officially considered the First Lady from 1837-1838, this First Lady died 18 years before her husband, Martin, became president.
Who was First Lady Hannah Van Buren?
(President Martin Van Buren never remarried, so the title of First Lady only passed to Angelica Van Buren in 1838 when she married the president's son, Abraham)
500
This First Lady is known for her collection of silkworms, which she would collect the silk from and use it to spin with.
Who was First Lady Louisa Adams?
500
Projecting the 19th-century ideals of womanhood and domesticity, this first lady was also a powerful one, ahead of her time. She met and negotiated with politicians, stayed abreast of developments in the news, and supported and guided her husband’s policies, especially regarding Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War.
Who was First Lady Sarah Polk?
