First Lady

Unfetter Women's Intellect on Campaign Trail

Lisa Witter | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Wife, First Lady, Michelle Obama, Jackie O, The New York Times, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cindy McCain, The View, Media Coverage, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Politics News
Lisa Witter

Is anyone else as appalled as I am at how quickly we have gone back to thinking of women in the oldest of stereotypes -- as only wives and mothers?

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Are the Candidates' Wives Fair Game?

Paul Peete | Posted 06.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Drug Addiction, Patriotism, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, First Lady, Cindy McCain, Mccain, Michelle Obama Proud, Smears, Election 2008, General Election, Offthebus, Home News
Paul Peete

This is going to be a white-hot, bitterly contested election cycle, and even though the McCain campaign has forsworn dirty tactics, the 527s and right wing blogs and rumor mills will rush to attack Michelle Obama. But a word of caution is warranted: "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

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A Presidential Cookie

Amy Ephron | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Breaking Political News, Cindy McCain, First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Laura Bush, Martha Washington, Tipper Gore, Hillary Clinton, Cookie Recipe, Primary Politics, Pat Nixon, Farfallagate, Giada De Laurentiis, Cindy McCain Recipes, Mary Lincoln, Cookies, Cookie Recipes, Rachael Ray, Nancy Reagan, Politics News
Amy Ephron

I have a theory that in order to be First Lady you have to have a cookie recipe.

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Senator Obama: Remember the (First) Ladies

Myriam Miedzian | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: First Ladies, Abigail Adams, Edith Wilson, First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, Politics News
Myriam Miedzian

There is enough to criticize Hillary about without demonstrating what might be perceived as both a lack of historical awareness and lack of sensitivity to many women's life experiences.

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Is America Ready For A First Lady Who Did Not Major In The Dewey Decimal System?

236.com | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: First Lady, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, 236.Com, Politics News

In a profile of Michelle Obama published by the New York Times, the 44-year-old Chicago native and Harvard grad revealed that she only recently finish...

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Hillary's "Husband Problem"

Letty Cottin Pogrebin | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Presidential Wives, Marriage, Bill Clinton, The Clinton Marriage, Female President, First Lady, Hillary Clinton, Widow, Clintons, 2008 Election, Politics News
Letty Cottin Pogrebin

History suggests that rather than enhance her image the way a wife enhances a male candidate, a husband can complicate a woman's leadership aspirations.

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What Obama Must Do

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Leadership, Barack Obama, First Lady, Juddgment, Experience, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton, Campaign 2008, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Experience is one of the many things that might contribute to good judgment, but it is not a proxy for it. Experience by itself means nothing. The real question is who has better judgment?

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