" The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... you have to create it yourself."- Hillary Clinton (Wells 67). From Dolley Madison and her new sense of style to Michelle Obama and her role in creating policies, each First Lady has influenced something, however some had a larger impact than others. In early American History, the idea of the first lady was just about presenting a pretty face, but some outstanding women proved that stereotype wrong. Whether it was Eleanor Roosevelt changing the roles of the First Lady for good, Dolley Madison saving George Washington's portrait during the War of 1812, Jacqueline Kennedy redecorating the White House and being a fashion icon, or Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton giving women
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Eleanor Roosevelt was known as “ the First Lady of the World” and like her title she was. Unlike First Ladies before her, she was independent and strived to do what was right for everyone especially women. “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”- Eleanor Roosevelt ( Sherri 37). Like this quote reads nobody knew the capabilities of Eleanor Roosevelt until she needed to show them, and when she did she changed the perception of the First Lady and women in general. From a young age Eleanor believed she could do anything a man could and even do it better, with this mind set she started working with the Red Cross and other organizations during World War I . When she met and married Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) she knew she didn’t want to be a housewife but rather change the world for women. In 1932 FDR became president and with that, she became First Lady. From the beginning of his first term and all the way through his two years of his fourth term, Eleanor pushed equal pay and rights for all women. In 1921 …show more content…
However the accomplishments were quite similar as were their attitudes. “ Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought by words.”- Jackie Kennedy Onassis (Sherri 49). Unlike Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Dolley Madison changed the role of the First Lady by expressing their ideas of fashion and lifestyle, like this quote both of these women told the world what they wanted as First Lady and got it and by that they changed the world. Fashion was a big part of both their impacts as First Ladies, yet they went in two different directions. Dolley Madison brought an out of the box idea for her time period, she was known for a new kind of fashion that was influenced by the French. She wore dresses with short or no sleeves and head scarfs made of silk and satin with flowers, feathers and hair coming out. The first time others really saw her sense of style was at James Madison’s inauguration ball where she wore a pale buff velvet dress with a velvet bonnet topped with satin and huge white feathers, from then on people loved her quirky sense of style and were excited to see what she was going to wear next. In contrast to Dolley’s quirky sense of style Jackie Kennedy dressed
Eleanor Roosevelt was known as “ the First Lady of the World” and like her title she was. Unlike First Ladies before her, she was independent and strived to do what was right for everyone especially women. “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”- Eleanor Roosevelt ( Sherri 37). Like this quote reads nobody knew the capabilities of Eleanor Roosevelt until she needed to show them, and when she did she changed the perception of the First Lady and women in general. From a young age Eleanor believed she could do anything a man could and even do it better, with this mind set she started working with the Red Cross and other organizations during World War I . When she met and married Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) she knew she didn’t want to be a housewife but rather change the world for women. In 1932 FDR became president and with that, she became First Lady. From the beginning of his first term and all the way through his two years of his fourth term, Eleanor pushed equal pay and rights for all women. In 1921 …show more content…
However the accomplishments were quite similar as were their attitudes. “ Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought by words.”- Jackie Kennedy Onassis (Sherri 49). Unlike Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Dolley Madison changed the role of the First Lady by expressing their ideas of fashion and lifestyle, like this quote both of these women told the world what they wanted as First Lady and got it and by that they changed the world. Fashion was a big part of both their impacts as First Ladies, yet they went in two different directions. Dolley Madison brought an out of the box idea for her time period, she was known for a new kind of fashion that was influenced by the French. She wore dresses with short or no sleeves and head scarfs made of silk and satin with flowers, feathers and hair coming out. The first time others really saw her sense of style was at James Madison’s inauguration ball where she wore a pale buff velvet dress with a velvet bonnet topped with satin and huge white feathers, from then on people loved her quirky sense of style and were excited to see what she was going to wear next. In contrast to Dolley’s quirky sense of style Jackie Kennedy dressed