American First Lady Trivia Facts

Michelle Obama has captured the world media with her fashion style and personality. She is young, vibrant, outspoken and well educated. A career woman of the 21st century who is married to the President of the United States of America, who has an image separate from her husband. Over the course of American history First Ladies have seemed to take a ‘backseat’ to their husbands and in modern times we usually only know things about them the news wants to tell. How boring, since these women are all interesting and unique individuals who deserve our attention.

Here is a look at some of the facts history has deemed as trivia concerning America’s First Ladies. Read and enjoy, while gathered info for your next political debate or dinner conversation. It seems history classes leave out all the interesting facts about historical figures.

1.     When Rutherford Hayes was President, his wife Lucy was the first to be called First Lady and she was the first to be a college graduate.

2.     Abigail Adams and Barbara Bush are the only First Ladies to have husbands and sons become President.

3.     Edith Wilson (second wife of Woodrow Wilson) was related to the famous Native American, Pocahontas.

4.     Eleanor Roosevelt went on to become a delegate to the U.N. after her husband died.

5.     Caroline Scott Harrison (wife of President Benjamin Harrison) was a founding member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

6.     Helen Herron Taft wife of President William Howard Taft was the first presidential wife to publish her autobiography.

7.     First Lady Betty Ford was a former professional dancer, before becoming a First Lady of America.

8.     First Lady Louisa Adams (Johns Quincy Adams wife) was an early women’s movement activist and an avid advocate against slavery.

9.     Thomas Jefferson was the first American President to not have a living wife when he was President.

10.                         It is reported that Eleanor Roosevelt, while First Lady, kept a gun in the glove compartment of her car, as she drove around because she refused constant Secret Service protection.