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The Life of First Ladies: From Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama

Barbara Kinney
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First Ladies (from left to right) Nancy Reagan, Lady Bird Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, and Barbara Bush at the "National Garden Gala, A Tribute to America's First Ladies", May 11, 1994.

An often overlooked role at the White House is that of the First Lady, but it is a unique position that requires a certain set of skills and strengths. The different ways that modern first ladies have handled the stresses of the job have differed in their own individual and interesting ways. 

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This show originally aired on April 21, 2016 at 11 a.m.

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