Jackie Kennedy First Lady Analysis

Jackie Kennedy presented a new convention of glamor and appeal to the First Lady lifestyle. Jackie’s elegant style aided her refurbishment of the White House public rooms. Her primary focus was to fill the rooms with antiquities and reflect earlier presidencies following the founding of the United States. The concept of this project created the First Lady’s project for her successors, an area of concern, which often addressed national style, the needs of an underprivileged demographic or a social issue. Jackie also supported and influenced the President to recognize value in allocating federal aid towards art and music programs in lower school education and museums. However, unlike her immediate predecessors, Jackie was not an active political
Hillary’s support of and commitment to Bill factored greatly in preventing his resignation. Hillary did not neglect the hostess role of being a First lady either. In addition to hosting conferences, she filmed a webcast and monthly lectures to connect America’s public to federal affairs and U.S. history and held larger parties for holiday celebrations and fundraisers. She also restored a few rooms in the house, and created the sculpture garden. Later, Hillary became the first First Lady to be elected in public office, winning a New York Senate seat in 2000, and the first to join the race for presidency itself.
Despite the absence of any legal job description and election for the role, First Ladies are expected to balance being a model of American womanhood whilst performing one of the most publicly visible and influential positions in American culture. From the moment Martha Washington assumed the role, the presidents’ wives have reflected the societal expectations paralleling the status of American women, changing the role from hostess to public activist and confidante to the President of the United