Hawkes, Ellen,
What Is a First Lady?. Ellen Hawkes. - Ms., 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 31, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: What Is a First Lady?, Spring 2004; pp. 36-41.
"Jacqueline Kennedy once said, 'The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.' The question, of course, is What is it, this role? There has never been a 'job description' for the position." (MS.) This article examines the role of First Lady, describing it as "an institution freighted with symbolism, it is both a reflection of changing roles and images of women and a blank screen upon which attitudes toward women are projected, and often such views are contradictory, ambivalent and controversial."
1522-3221;
Bush, Laura
Cheney, Lynne
Edwards, Elizabeth
Kerry, Teresa Heinz
Presidents' spouses
Social role
AC1.S5
050
What Is a First Lady?. Ellen Hawkes. - Ms., 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 31, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: What Is a First Lady?, Spring 2004; pp. 36-41.
"Jacqueline Kennedy once said, 'The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.' The question, of course, is What is it, this role? There has never been a 'job description' for the position." (MS.) This article examines the role of First Lady, describing it as "an institution freighted with symbolism, it is both a reflection of changing roles and images of women and a blank screen upon which attitudes toward women are projected, and often such views are contradictory, ambivalent and controversial."
1522-3221;
Bush, Laura
Cheney, Lynne
Edwards, Elizabeth
Kerry, Teresa Heinz
Presidents' spouses
Social role
AC1.S5
050