First Lady of the United States Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Causes and initiatives == [[File:Melania Trump meets with students in the Kennedy Garden 01.jpg|thumb|First lady [[Melania Trump]] attending a "Be Best" rally with children]] Since the 1920s, many first ladies have become public speakers, adopting specific causes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Parry-Giles |first1=Shawn J. |last2=Blair |first2=Diane M. |date=Winter 2002 |title=The Rise of the Rhetorical First Lady: Politics, Gender Ideology, and Women's Voice, 1789-2002 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41940289 |journal=Rhetoric and Public Affairs |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=565β599 |doi=10.1353/rap.2003.0011 |jstor=41940289|s2cid=144913911 }}</ref> It also became common for the First Lady to hire a staff to support her agenda. Recent causes of the First Lady are: * [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]; [[Women's rights]], [[civil rights]], and humanitarian efforts * [[Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy]]; White House restoration and the Arts * [[Lady Bird Johnson]]; Environmental protection and Beautification * [[Pat Nixon]]; [[Volunteering|Volunteerism]] * [[Betty Ford]]; Women's rights, [[Substance abuse]] * [[Rosalynn Carter]]; [[Mental health]] * [[Nancy Reagan]]; "[[Just Say No]]", drug awareness * [[Barbara Bush]]; Childhood literacy * [[Hillary Clinton]]; [[Health care in the United States|Healthcare]] in the United States * [[Laura Bush]]; Childhood literacy * [[Michelle Obama]]; "[[Let's Move!]]"; reducing childhood obesity * Michelle Obama; "[[Let Girls Learn]]"; increasing education for girls * [[Melania Trump]]; "[[Be Best]]"; cyberbullying awareness * [[Jill Biden]]; "[[Joining Forces]]"; military families Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page