M A RT H A WA S H I N G T O N
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MARTHA JE F F E R S O N
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EL IZ ABETH M O N RO E
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RACHEL JACKSON
ANNA HARRISON
TYLER
JULIA
JANE
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M A RY TO D D
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L U C Y H AY E S
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GARFIELD
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MCKINLEY
R O O S E V E LT
WILSON
HARDING
HOOVER
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E I S E N H OW E R
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FLORENCE
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MAMIE
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BARBARA BUSH
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NANCY REAGAN
H I L L A RY RO D H A M
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L AU R A B U S H
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P AT R I C I A
ELIZABETH “BETTY” FORD
R O S A LY N N C A RT E R
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ELLEN
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JACQUELINE KENNEDY
CLAUDIA “LADY BIRD” JOHNSON
C L I N TO N
EDITH
GRACE COOLIDGE ★ LOU
march 1, 2011
E L E A N O R R O O S E V E LT
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“ P AT ” N I X O N
HARRISON
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H WILSON
conference
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FRANCES
H E L E N TA F T
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JULIA
LUCRETIA
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CAROLINE
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E L L E N A RT H U R
CLEVELAND
IDA
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ELIZA JOHNSON
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GRANT
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MARGARET
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HARRIET LANE
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LETITIA TYLER
ABIGAIL FILLMORE
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PIERCE
LO U I S A A D A M S
SARAH POLK
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TAY L O R
D O L L EY M A D I S O N
H A N N A H VA N B U R E N
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ABIGAIL ADAMS
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MICHELLE OBAMA
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YEAR
PRESIDENT
1789–1797
1797–1801
1801–1809
1809–1817
1817–1825
1825–1829
1829–1837
1837–1841
1841
1841–1845
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
1845–1849
1849–1850
1850–1853
1853–1857
1857–1861
1861–1865
1865–1869
1869–1877
1877–1881
1881
1881–1885
1885–1889
1889–1893
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
1893–1897
1897–1901
1901–1909
1909–1913
1913–1921
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
1921–1923
1923–1929
1929–1933
1933–1945
1945–1953
1953–1961
1961–1963
1963–1969
1969–1974
1974–1977
1977–1981
1981–1989
1989–1993
1993–2001
2001–2009
2009–
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
*Did not serve as first lady
Martha Washington
Abigail Adams
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson*
Dolley Madison
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe
Louisa Catherine Adams
Rachel Jackson*
Hannah Hoes Van Buren*
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
Letitia Christian Tyler
Julia Gardiner Tyler
Sarah Childress Polk
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor
Abigail Powers Fillmore
Jane M. Pierce
(never married)
Mary Todd Lincoln
Eliza McCardle Johnson
Julia Dent Grant
Lucy Webb Hayes
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur*
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
Mary Lord Harrison*
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Ida Saxton McKinley
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Helen Herron Taft
Ellen Axson Wilson
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
Florence Kling Harding
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Lou Henry Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Bess Wallace Truman
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Lady Bird Johnson
Pat Nixon
Betty Ford
Rosalynn Carter
Nancy Reagan
Barbara Bush
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Laura Bush
Michelle Obama
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first ladies have influenced politics, domestic policy, and global
diplomacy. Our distinguished guests—historians, curators, authors,
journalists, White House staff—will illuminate the significant
contributions these leaders behind the leaders make toward
promoting change and improving our society.
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tuesday, march , 
1:00–8:00 p.m.
Abramson Family Recital Hall
Katzen Arts Center
American University
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William M. LeoGrande
Dean, School of Public Affairs
Anita B. McBride
Conference Chair
Executive in Residence, School of Public Affairs
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White House Historical Association
Presidential Libraries
American University Library
Top row: Martha Washington, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Abigail Adams. Middle row: Dolley Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Reagan.
Bottom row: Betty Ford, Mary Todd Lincoln, Barbara Bush. Photos courtesy of Library of Congress American Memory Project
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“BETTY” FORD
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M A RT H A J E F F E R S O N
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DOLLEY MADISON
LETITIA TYLER
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JULIA TYLER
E L I Z A B E T H M O N RO E
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SARAH POLK
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LOUISA ADAMS
M A RG A R E T TAY L O R
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RACHEL
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ABIGAIL
★ H A R R I E T L A N E ★ M A RY TO D D L I N C O L N ★ E L I Z A J O H N S O N ★ J U L I A G R A N T ★ L U C Y H AY E S ★ L U C R E T I A G A R F I E L D ★
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C A RO L I N E H A R R I S O N ★
FLORENCE HARDING ★ GRACE
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E I S E N H OW E R
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ANNA HARRISON
FRANCES CLEVELAND
EDITH WILSON
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ABIGAIL ADAMS
H A N N A H VA N B U R E N
F I L L M O R E ★ J A N E P I E RC E
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M A RT H A WA S H I N G TO N
JACQUELINE
RO S A LY N N C A RT E R
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E D I T H RO O S E V E LT
H E L E N TA F T
C O O L I D G E ★ L O U H O OV E R ★ E L E A N O R RO O S E V E LT
KENNEDY★
NANCY REAGAN
IDA MCKINLEY
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CL AUDIA
“LADY
BARBARA BUSH
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BIRD”
JOHNSON
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PAT R I C I A
H I L L A RY RO D H A M C L I N TO N
★ ELLEN WILSON
E L I Z A B E T H “ B E S S ” T RU M A N
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ELIZABETH
MICHELLE OBAMA
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
PANEL: First Ladies in the Carter,
PANEL: First Ladies in the Clinton,
PANEL: Reporters’ Notebooks:
Kreeger Lobby
Reagan, and George H. W. Bush
Administrations
George W. Bush, and Obama
Administrations
Covering the First Lady and
Anticipating Madame President
MODERATOR
MODERATOR
MODERATOR
Jennifer Lawless
Director, Women and Politics Institute
American University
Connie Morella
Ambassador in Residence
Women and Politics Institute
American University
Jane Hall
Associate Professor, School of Communication
American University
Jean Becker
Former Deputy Press Secretary to
Barbara Bush
PANELISTS
Ann Compton
White House Correspondent
ABC News
Gahl Hodges Burt
Former Special Assistant to the
President and Social Secretary
Reagan Administration
Susan Sher
Former Chief of Staff to
Michelle Obama
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Abramson Family Recital Hall
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WELCOME
Neil Kerwin
President, American University
PANELISTS
William M. LeoGrande
Dean, School of Public Affairs
Anita McBride
Conference Chair
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Sweep of History
Kathryn Cade
Former Director of Projects for
Rosalynn Carter
MODERATOR
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PANEL: First Ladies through the
Richard Norton Smith
Presidential Historian
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BREAK
PANELISTS
Anita McBride
Former Chief of Staff to Laura Bush
Ann Gerhart
Deputy Outlook Editor, Washington Post
Martha Kumar
Director, White House Transition
Project
Melanne Verveer
Former Chief of Staff to
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Lois Romano
National Political Correspondent
Washington Post
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RECEPTION
Kreeger Lobby
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ADJOURNMENT
PANELISTS
Allida Black
Founder, Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project
Anita McBride
Edith Mayo
Curator Emeritus, National Museum of
American History
Kristie Miller
Political Biographer
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Anita B. McBride has a distinguished career in American politics and government.
From 2005 to 2009, she served as assistant to President George W. Bush and chief of
staff to First Lady Laura Bush. She developed the first lady’s global and domestic
platform and directed her global travel to 67 countries in four years, including planning
her historic, unannounced trips to Afghanistan in March 2005 and June 2008.
Her government service began in 1984 and spans three administrations. She served
as White House personnel director from 1987 to 1992 under presidents Ronald
Reagan and George H. W. Bush. From 2001 to 2004, she served President George
W. Bush in the White House Management Office, at the State Department as White
House liaison, and as senior advisor in the Bureau of International Organization
Affairs. She also helped to coordinate three presidential transitions.
McBride is chair of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and is a
member of the U.S.–Afghan Women’s Council and the Presidential Advisory Council
on HIV/AIDS. She serves on the board of the National Italian American Foundation
and is a senior advisor to the George W. Bush Institute.
She received her BA in international studies from the University of Connecticut,
and she studied international relations and foreign languages at the University of
Florence in Italy and at American University in the Washington Semester Program.
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From top, counterclockwise: Eleanor
Roosevelt, Rosalynn Carter, Betty
Ford, Barbara Bush
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Founded in  and ranked among the top institutions of its kind, American
University’s School of Public Affairs offers educational programs on the
undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. SPA is also home to research
centers and institutes in the fields of political science, public administration,
public policy, and justice. Alumni are active in global policy, legislation,
advocacy, and the nonprofit and private sectors.
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