Lady

The First Lady of the United States, is the title given to those who are the wife of the current President of the United States. The title has never been officially defined, but the First Lady’s role is not an elected one and carries only ceremonial duties. She is considered to be the first and utmost, hostess of the White House. The First Lady is supposed to organize and attend official ceremonies of state along with, or in place of, the president. Over the years the role of First Lady has…

John Donne and Lady Mary Wroth are two popular and controversial poets from the early seventeenth century. Donne often wrote sensuous and spiritual poetry, while Wroth had written Petrarchan (in nature) sonnets concerning love from a woman’s (practically unheard of for that time) perspective. In both Donne’s “A Valediction: forbidding Mourning” and Wroth’s “Sonnet 22” (in the sonnet sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus) the issue of separation between lovers is explored by means of nature,…

Though many scholars may harshly criticize My Fair Lady for not adhering to Bernard Shaw’s intentions for Pygmalion, it is my conviction that the musical’s additions to his play should be celebrated, not castigated. The costumes, scenery, actions, and especially the songs significantly develop the characters, greatly enhance its comedic aspects, and fine tune many of Shaw’s themes; they are indispensable in gaining a full appreciation of Pygmalion. Songs play a vital role in developing Shaw’s…

remake itself (Roosevelt, Foreword).” This is a very accurate quote from the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that describes herself personally. Everything she did, she did full-heartedly, devotedly that she remade how the position of First Lady should be. She was remembered as not only the wife of the 32nd president of the United States, but also as a fiercely loyal activist, a fair spokeswoman, and the kind-hearted First Lady of the World. Eleanor Roosevelt was a marvel piece at a time of The…

witness the extraordinary story of Eliza Doolittle as she transforms herself into an upper class women. Even though both novel and film have similarities, they also share some major differences. One of the major differences was that My Fair Lady was a musical, while the novel by George Bernard Shaw was a written play. In the movie, several songs were sang by the characters. These songs were very good and really changed the whole aspect of the movie. While the characters were singing,…

that I was destined for greatness and one day I would become the First Lady of the United States. But that never sat well with me because the title of First Lady meant one thing to me: a relinquishment of independence and opinion. It seemed demeaning because the position degraded intelligent women to trivial tasks such as picking which china and flower arrangements to display at a dinner party at the White House. While a First Lady is foremost a hostess, one woman radically changed the…

The start of the 20th century in 1901 brought the need for a President and first lady to an all time high. We had gotten ourselves into more extreme world affairs, so the need multiplied. Edith Roosevelt used this need to hire a secretary who publicized her activities, much like Julia Tyler did. She also oversaw many major renovations that happened to the White House at the time (“First Lady” Britannica School). Helen Taft was highly involved in politics, but in 1909 she suffered a paralyzing…

First Lady Michelle Obama has had to deal not only with the stereotypes of African American Women in the United States, but she has also had to deal with the legacies of the previous First Ladies. The role of First Lady has evolved tremendously over the past one hundred plus years. It evolved from a largely ceremonial role to that of policy advocating and campaigning. For example, “[d]uring the 2008 presidential campaign [Michelle] was asked about what kind of First Lady would I be, or which…

Lady Mary Wroth was an exceptional poet of the sixteenth century who wrote passionately about relationships between women and men. Wroth was unlike women of her time, because she had a formal education whereas many other women did not have this opportunity. This advantageous educational opportunity allowed Wroth to develop her literary skills beyond many poets of her time. Due to Wroth’s writing about relationships that seemed to resemble real-life relationships, some people of her time heavily…

Intro When Lady Bird Johnson became First Lady following the 1964 presidential election, she already had plans to use the position to her advantage. Lady Bird learned the intricacies of her position as First Lady in the months following the Kennedy assassination, leaving her prepared to step back into the White House after the election. Once the public had spoken and elected Lyndon B. Johnson to the presidency, and by association his wife to the position of First Lady, Lady Bird set out to…