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When First Ladies Dance: From Michelle Obama's Dougie to Jackie Kennedy's Twist to Betty Ford's Bump

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 07.09.2011

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Michelle Obama is hardly the first to enjoy gliding over the waxed parquet on the wide, open East Room floor. Her "Dougie" is but the latest link in a history of popular American dance within first lady history.

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The White House's Greatest Hostesses

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Ladies, Style News, White House, Michelle Obama, James Galanos, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, White-House-Weddings, Hostess, Frances Cleveland, Lucy Hayes, Laura Bush, Style, Lesley M. M. Blume, Jackie Kennedy, Fashion, Entertaining, Michelle Obama Style, Nancy Reagan, Oscar De La Renta, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

When the Obamas ascended to the White House earlier this year, many Washingtonians breathed a sigh of relief: after serving a grim eight-year sentence...

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Michelle Obama, First Ladies and African-American History

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, African-Americans, Lou Hoover, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Obama Administration, Frances Cleveland, Barack Obama, Mary Lincoln, First Ladies, Nellie Taft, Louisa Adams, Black History Month, Jane Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Lady Bird Johnson, John Quincy Adams, Mamie Eisenhower, Abigail Fillmore, Florence Harding, Women's History Month, Style News
Carl Sferrazza Anthony

There were few powerful women in mid-19th century America who more vigorously pressed the case first for abolition and then for the education, housing, and welfare of freed African-American slaves than did Mrs. Lincoln.

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