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Interesting Facts About First Ladies

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1. Which first lady fled the White House with Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington under one arm and a copy of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence in her other hand?
    Abigail Adams
    Elizabeth Monroe
    Martha Washington
    Dolley Madison


2. Which first lady always wore sensibly tailored suits, flowered hats, and loved reading detective stories?
    Bess Truman
    Barbara Bush
    Helen Taft
    Pat Nixon


3. Which first lady set her table with unmatched dishes and sometimes served scrambled eggs at White House lunches?
    Julia Grant
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    Rachel Jackson
    Florence Harding


4. Which first lady was seriously critized for wearing expensive gowns and going over budget in redocorating the White House?
    Nancy Reagan
    Jackie Kennedy
    Mamie Eisenhower
    Mary Todd Lincoln


5. Whose wife was known as 'Lemonade Lucy' because she refused to allow alcohol in the White House?
    Rutherford B. Hayes's
    Benjamin Harrison's
    William Henry Harrison's
    Calvin Coolidge's


6. Which first lady loved to stay in bed till noon talking on the telephone to friends and was nicknamed by White House maids 'Sleeping Beauty'?
    Bess Truman
    Mamie Eisenhower
    Lady Bird Johnson
    Pat Nixon


7. What first lady was an attorney?
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    Hillary Clinton
    Betty Ford
    Ellen Wilson


8. Which first lady selected 'Hail to the Chief' as the song to be played to announce the appearence of the president?
    Abigail Adams
    Sarah Polk
    Bess Truman
    Edith Wilson


9. Even though he was considered a very frugal one this presidents favorite hobby was buying expensive clothes for his beautiful wife. He forbid her to wear casual clothes. Who was that first lady?
    Nancy Reagan
    Grace Coolidge
    Pat Nixon
    Jackie Kennedy


10. Which first lady was called 'An American Jezebel', 'a covered adultress', and 'a profligate woman' because the man who she was previously married to had delayed signing the divorce?
    Rachel Jackson
    Francis Cleveland
    Julia Grant
    Florence Harding


11. Which first lady , who was a dancer in her youth, was also honest enough to reveal that she had cancer and later confessed to dependency on drugs and alcohol and had a rehabilitation center named for her?
    Nancy Reagan
    Pat Nixon
    Lady Bird Johnson
    Betty Ford


12. She had a Quaker background but loved to dress in fancy clothes, never went anywhere without her snuff box, and was known as a charming hostess. Many said without her, her husband would have been a one term president. Who was she?
    Lucy Hayes
    Abigail Adams
    Dolley Madison
    Martha Washington


13. Helen Thomas, well known White House reporter, said of her she was 'the warmest first lady I covered and the one who loved the people the most'?
    Jackie Kennedy
    Barbara Bush
    Lady Bird Johnson
    Pat Nixon


14. She was a divorced woman, deserted by her playboy husband, when she married her 25 year old husband. Her husband became a senator and she enjoyed the social life that position provided. She was sixty when her husband was elected president. Tactless and overbearing she has been caled 'The worst first lady '. Who was she?
    Rachel Jackson
    Lou Hoover
    Eliza Johnson
    Florence Harding


15. When she became first lady she brought 6 children and a menagerie of pets ranging from ponies to rats. She oversaw a complete renovation of the White House. She entertained with elegence and good taste. Her guests included artists and classical musicians of the day. Who was she?
    Julia Grant
    Lou Hoover
    Edith Roosevelt
    Louisa Adams


16. She and her husband gave thousands of dollars of their own money to the poor people who wrote telling of their poverty. She personally served coffee and sandwiches to veterans who marched in Washington. Who was she?
    Lady Bird Johnson
    Bess Truman
    Mamie Eisenhower
    Lou Hoover


17. She made no effort to change her image, she was her own person. She was a mother of 5 and a grandmother to 10. She had a somewhat sharp tongue and was asked by her husband not to ridicule him in public. Yet she was the women who focused on issues related to children. She was admired by all who knew her. Who was she?
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    Barbara Bush
    Mamie Eisenhower
    Bess Truman


18. Which two presidents had two first ladies?
    James Buchanan and Woodrow Wilson
    John Tyler and Woodrow WIlson
    Ronald Reagan and John Tyler
    John Tyler and James Adams


19. At one time she was circulation manager for a newspaper. Who was she?
    Mary Todd Lincoln
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    Florence Harding
    Bess Truman


20. What first lady never occupied the White House?
    Abigail Adams
    Bessie Truman
    Anna Symes Harrison
    Lou Hayes


21. Who was the second former first lady to remarry after her husband's death?
    Jacqueline Kennedy
    Louisa Adams
    Mary Todd Lincoln
    Sarah Polk


22. Who ran a radio station?
    Nancy Reagan
    Betty Ford
    Rosalynn Carter
    Lady Bird Johnson


23. Who initiated the inaugural ball?
    Letita Tyler
    Frances Cleveland
    Dolley Madison
    Julia Grant


24. Who once taught at a school for the deaf?
    Grace Coolidge
    Louisa Adams
    Florence Harding
    Lucy Hayes


25. Which first lady only wore black?
    Abigail Adams
    Dolley Madison
    Jane Pierce
    Martha Washington


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