First Ladies

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Memorize these and recognize 55.3% of all First Ladies clues.

1 Mary Todd Lincoln 29x

2 Eleanor Roosevelt 28x

3 Dolley Madison 24x

4 Abigail Adams 24x

5 Lady Bird Johnson 22x

6 Betty Ford 20x

7 Nancy Reagan 18x

8 Rosalynn Carter 18x

9 Martha Washington 17x

10 Mamie Eisenhower 16x

11 Bess Truman 16x

12 Pat Nixon 14x

13 Jackie Kennedy 13x

14 Hillary Clinton 13x

15 Barbara Bush 12x

16 Jacqueline Kennedy 11x

17 Lucy Hayes 8x

18 Frances Folsom Cleveland 7x

19 Edith Wilson 7x

20 Warren G. Harding 6x

21 Laura Bush 5x

22 Grace Coolidge 4x

23 Lou Hoover 4x

24 Woodrow Wilson 3x

25 Lou Henry Hoover 3x

26 "Hail To The Chief" 3x

27 Mrs. Grant 3x

28 William McKinley 2x

29 William Henry Harrison 2x

30 Texas 2x

31 Smith 2x

32 Mrs. Nixon 2x

33 Michelle Obama 2x

34 Melania Trump 2x

35 Mary Lincoln 2x

36 Kentucky 2x

37 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 2x

38 Jackie's khakis 2x

39 Hillary Rodham Clinton 2x

40 Florence Harding 2x

41 Edith 2x

42 Dolley's trolleys 2x

43 Anna 2x

44 John Tyler 2x

45 the Daughters of the American Revolution 2x

46 Davis 2x

47 Mrs. Lincoln 2x

48 John Adams 2x

49 Mrs. Carter 2x

50 a lady bird 2x

Sample Clues

December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky

Mary Todd Lincoln

Edith (one of 2)

Eleanor Roosevelt

The 1st White House wedding took place in 1812, & this first lady's sister Lucy was the bride

Dolley Madison

Her son Thomas, born in 1772, became a chief justice in Massachusetts

Abigail Adams

Thomas Jefferson Taylor, a Karnack, Texas rancher

Lady Bird Johnson

Sub-Areas

Other 486

Mary Todd Lincoln (27) Eleanor Roosevelt (26) Dolley Madison (23) Abigail Adams (23) Lady Bird Johnson (22) Betty Ford (19) Nancy Reagan (18) Rosalynn Carter (18) Martha Washington (17) Bess Truman (16)

Modern (post-1990) 27

Hillary Clinton (13) Michelle Obama (2) Hillary Rodham Clinton (2) Melania Trump (2) Slovenia (1) Michelle's bells (1) (Jill) Biden (1) the people's house (1) "I Have a Dream" (1) a Portuguese water dog (1)

Revolutionary Era 6

Mary Todd Lincoln (2) the Daughters of the American Revolution (2) Dolley Madison (1) Abigail Adams (1)

Civil War 5

Mamie Eisenhower (2) Mrs. Grant (1) her husband's salary (1) neutrality (1)

World War I 4

Betty Ford (1) Edith Wilson (1) Mamie Eisenhower (1) Eleanor Roosevelt (1)

Ancient 2

Eleanor Roosevelt (1) Greek (1)

Cold War 1

Raisa Gorbachev (1)