Presidential Spouses

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This paper examines how being the First Lady is to live in the spotlight and to be a role model for thousands of women, not just in the United States, but also worldwide. It shows how First Ladies prefer to let their husbands be the president, focusing on such issues and foreign and domestic policies, whereas they prefer to focus on issues closer to home that directly affect the American people. It describes the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt, Barbara Bush, and Nancy Reagan, three First Ladies who each had to deal with criticism, controversy and pressure in their time. It provides a brief biography of each of their lives and analyzes their contribution to society.

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"When Eleanor was 15 years old , she was sent to the Allenswood Academy in London, England. While there, Eleanor developed lifelong interests in politics, social causes, history, and literature. Upon her return to New York, she joined various social-reform organizations, including the National Consumers' League, which sought to improve working conditions for women, and volunteered as a teacher in settlement houses (charitable establishments that offered social services to the urban poor). "Very early," she says, "I became conscious of the fact that there were men and women and children around me who suffered in one way or another" (Roosevelt, p. 27). "

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