First Ladies

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#	Answer	Count	Sample Clue
1	Mary Todd Lincoln	29	December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky
2	Eleanor Roosevelt	28	Edith (one of 2)
3	Dolley Madison	24	The 1st White House wedding took place in 1812, & this first lady's sister Lucy was the bride
4	Abigail Adams	24	Only wife of 1 president & mother of another
5	Lady Bird Johnson	22	Thomas Jefferson Taylor, a Karnack, Texas rancher
6	Betty Ford	20	Like her husband, she grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan
7	Nancy Reagan	18	She married husband Ronnie in 1952 when he was president of the Screen Actors Guild
8	Rosalynn Carter	18	She studied interior decorating at Georgia Southwestern College
9	Martha Washington	17	June 2, 1731 in New Kent county, Virginia
10	Mamie Eisenhower	16	Pink, a favorite color of hers, became popular nationwide when she lived in the White House
11	Bess Truman	16	The first first lady to live to 90, she in fact lived to 97
12	Pat Nixon	14	Better known as Pat: Thelma Ryan
13	Jackie Kennedy	13	In the fall of 1951 she got her first job as the "Inquiring Camera Girl" at the Washington Times-Herald
14	Hillary Clinton	13	She was the first &, so far, only first lady who would be elected to public office
15	Barbara Bush	12	This first lady whose maiden name is Pierce is a distant relative of President Franklin Pierce
16	Jacqueline Kennedy	11	In a 2019 memoir Carly Simon wrote about her friendship with this first lady, whom she first met on Martha's Vineyard
17	Lucy Hayes	8	After her husband left office, a minister wrote the White House was "purer because" this first lady "has been its mistress"
18	Frances Folsom Cleveland	7	When she became first lady, both her grandmothers, on the Folsom & Harmon sides, got to hear the happy news!
19	Edith Wilson	7	2 of the 3 first ladies seen in the photo here:
20	Warren G. Harding	6	Casting her vote in 1920, she was the first First Lady who was able to vote for her husband
21	Laura Bush	5	Prior to her marriage she was a teacher & school librarian in Texas
22	Grace Coolidge	4	January 3, 1879 in Burlington, Vermont
23	Lou Hoover	4	She was president (Natl. Pres. of the Girl Scouts, that is) in the 1920s while her husband was merely Secy. of Commerce
24	Woodrow Wilson	3	Edith Bolling Galt brought this widower out of his lethargy
25	Lou Henry Hoover	3	From 1922 to 1925, while her husband was Commerce secretary, she served as president of the Girl Scouts
26	"Hail To The Chief"	3	Julia Tyler began the custom of having this song played as a presidential greeting
27	Mrs. Grant	3	1 of the 2 19th century presidents who marred women named Julia
28	William McKinley	2	Ida went with this man, her husband, to Buffalo, but wasn't present at the exposition where he was shot
29	William Henry Harrison	2	His ailing wife Anna sent her daughter-in-law Jane with him to Washington, but he only served a month
30	Texas	2	Lady Bird Johnson was the 1st first lady born in this state; she's from Karnack
31	Smith	2	Nancy Reagan majored in drama at this college in Northampton, Massachusetts
32	Mrs. Nixon	2	Her daughter Julie says this future first lady was offered a movie contract in the 1930s when she was a USC student
33	Michelle Obama	2	January 17, 1964 in Chicago
34	Melania Trump	2	She's the first first lady born in continental Europe
35	Mary Lincoln	2	While she was First Lady, her half brother Samuel was killed at the Battle of Shiloh
36	Kentucky	2	Mary Todd Lincoln was born in this state, as was her husband
37	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis	2	First Lady seen here when she was a young girl:
38	Jackie's khakis	2	Mrs. Kennedy's military slacks
39	Hillary Rodham Clinton	2	She was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 26, 1947
40	Florence Harding	2	Taking up residence in the White House in 1921, she was the first divorcee to become first lady
41	Edith	2	First name shared by a Roosevelt & a Wilson
42	Dolley's trolleys	2	Mrs. Madison's streetcars
43	Anna	2	The first name of Eleanor's only daughter, Eleanor's mother & Eleanor herself
44	John Tyler	2	This president's first wife, Letitia, gave birth to 9 children: his second wife, Julia, had 7
45	the Daughters of the American Revolution	2	Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was the 1st president-general of this group of descendants of Rev. War figures
46	Davis	2	She appeared on Broadway in "Lute Song" with Yul Brynner & Mary Martin
47	Mrs. Lincoln	2	This neurotic 19th century first lady was disparagingly known as "The She-Wolf"
48	John Adams	2	Her mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Quincy
49	Mrs. Carter	2	Asked before her husband's election what he had that Ford didn't, she reportedly said, "Me"
50	a lady bird	2	When Claudia Alta Taylor was 2 years old, her nurse said she was as pretty as one of these

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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 clues

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 clues

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

Civil War

5 clues

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

World War I

4 clues

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

Ancient

2 clues

Eleanor Roosevelt (1) Greek (1)

Cold War

1 clues

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Mary Todd Lincoln 29 Eleanor Roosevelt 28 Dolley Madison 24 Abigail Adams 24 Lady Bird Johnson 22 Betty Ford 20 Nancy Reagan 18 Rosalynn Carter 18 Martha Washington 17 Mamie Eisenhower 16 Bess Truman 16 Pat Nixon 14 Jackie Kennedy 13 Hillary Clinton 13 Barbara Bush 12 Jacqueline Kennedy 11 Lucy Hayes 8

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Must-Know (14)

Mary Todd Lincoln 29x 6.9% stumper $476 avg J:18 DJ:11

DJ $200 1988 Mary Todd

J $500 2001 In 1875 this woman seen here was put in a sanitarium, but she was deemed sane a year later

DJ $1,200 2015 Todd

Dolley Madison 24x 16.7% stumper $746 avg J:8 DJ:16

J $300 2001 The consummate hostess, in 1809 she was first to host an official inaugural ball

J $600 2011 She prevented the British from burning Gilbert Stuart's painting of Washington, which still hangs in the East Room

DJ $1,000 1996 In need of money, she sold her late husband's notes on the Constitutional Convention for $30,000

Abigail Adams 24x 20.8% stumper $546 avg J:11 DJ:13

J $100 1998 She was the second first lady

J $500 DD 1991 She didn't attend her husband's 1797 inauguration because her mother-in-law was ill

J $1,000 2002 During her time in the White House—Nov. 1800 to March 1801—she hung the family wash to dry in the East Room

Lady Bird Johnson 22x 9.1% stumper $545 avg J:10 DJ:12

J $200 2006 Thomas Jefferson Taylor, a Karnack, Texas rancher

J $500 1989 She co-wrote the 1988 book "Wildflowers Across America"

DJ $3,400 DD 1990 20th c. first lady whose father had a presidential name: Thomas Jefferson Taylor

Betty Ford 20x 25.0% stumper $705 avg J:10 DJ:10

J $100 1999 In 1987 she published the book "Betty: A Glad Awakening"

J $500 1997 This outspoken first lady once told "60 Minutes" she wouldn't be surprised if her daughter Susan had an affair

J $1,000 2006 William S. Bloomer, a Midwestern rubber goods salesman

Nancy Reagan 18x $289 avg J:11 DJ:7

J $100 1992 She was praised in the 1988 State of the Union speech for her "Just Say No" to drugs campaign

DJ $600 1990 In 1939, at Chicago's Girls' Latin School, she played the lead role in the Senior play "First Lady"

J $100 1984 She 1st met husband while complaining to S.A.G. about unwanted Communist literature

Rosalynn Carter 18x $433 avg J:9 DJ:9

J $200 2016 This First Lady got a 2-year degree from Georgia Southwestern College

J $600 2018 In 2006 this former First Lady was ordained a deacon at a Baptist church in Plains, Georgia

J $200 1998 She acted as a cover for her husband while the 1978 Camp David Peace Talks went on longer than expected

Martha Washington 17x 11.8% stumper $424 avg J:9 DJ:8

J $200 2011 June 2, 1731 in New Kent county, Virginia

J $500 1989 Patty Duke played this first lady in a 1984 miniseries that starred Barry Bostwick

J $200 2006 When she married the future president in 1759, she was said to be the richest marriageable woman in Virginia

Bess Truman 16x 25.0% stumper $862 avg J:11 DJ:5

J $100 1996 She was named for her mother's friend Bessie Madge Andrews

J $500 2001 The first first lady to live past the age of 90, she was 97 when she died in 1982

DJ $1,000 DD 1991 Dying in 1982 at the age of 97, she had lived longer than any other first lady

Pat Nixon 14x 21.4% stumper $671 avg J:9 DJ:5

J $300 2001 This first lady seen here was portrayed on film by Joan Allen in 1995

J $500 1999 This first lady was born in 1917 on the eve of St. Patrick's Day, hence her nickname

DJ $5,200 DD 2006 She was born in 1912; her real first name was Thelma

Jackie Kennedy 13x 8.3% stumper $492 avg J:9 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1988 On March 11, 1962 she became the 1st wife of an incumbent pres. to have a private audience with the pope

DJ $600 1994 When she visited India in 1962 with her sister Lee, she rode an elephant

J $2,000 DD 2016 In the fall of 1951 she got her first job as the "Inquiring Camera Girl" at the Washington Times-Herald

Barbara Bush 12x 16.7% stumper $400 avg J:6 DJ:6

J $100 1991 This no-nonsense First Lady admitted that her trademark pearls are fake

J $500 2000 This first lady whose maiden name is Pierce is a distant relative of President Franklin Pierce

DJ $1,300 DD 1992 Her father, Marvin Pierce, was publisher of McCall's & Redbook

Jacqueline Kennedy 11x 9.1% stumper $418 avg J:6 DJ:5

J $100 2001 This woman seen here met her future husband at a D.C. dinner party in 1951

J $600 2023 The first first lady to receive an Emmy, her "Tour of the White House" can still be seen on YouTube

DJ $200 1997 In the early 1960s her hair-do became fashionable for women

Lucy Hayes 8x 50.0% stumper $1,112 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $300 1988 "Lemonade Lucy", she was ruthless, not Rutherfordless, about not serving alcohol in the White House

J $600 2015 Lucy

DJ $1,000 1992 Because of her White House ban on alcohol, the W.C.T.U. commissioned a portrait of this first lady

Should-Know (5)

Frances Folsom Cleveland 7x 50.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:1 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $800 1986 A bachelor when elected president, he married Frances Folsom, 27 years his junior, in 1886

J $1,000 2012 21-year-old Frances Folsom was first to marry in the White House when she married this president

FJ 1994 At 21, she was the youngest wife of a sitting president

Warren G. Harding 6x 16.7% stumper $750 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $400 1987 When he died suddenly in office in 1923, rumors said his wife Florence had poisoned him

J $800 2012 Casting her vote in 1920, she was the first First Lady who was able to vote for her husband

DJ $1,000 1996 His wife Florence often consulted a Washington astrologer known as Madame Marcia

Laura Bush 5x $680 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 2012 She's the only First Lady who's given birth to twins

DJ $1,000 DD 2001 This first lady earned a bachelor's degree in education from Southern Methodist University

J $200 2001 As a child, this first lady seen here grew up living a half-mile from her future husband

Grace Coolidge 4x 50.0% stumper $800 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 1992 "If she knew sign language & taught the deaf to speak, why", someone joked, "didn't she teach Cal"

J $1,000 2016 This New Englander's first glimpse of her husband made her laugh—he was wearing his hat while shaving

J $1,000 2011 Appropriately, this First Lady was "full of grace"

Lou Hoover 4x 50.0% stumper $850 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $600 1996 During her term as First Lady, 1929-1933, she made several radio addresses

DJ $1,000 1993 She met her husband when they were both students at Stanford in 1894

J $800 2006 Charles D. Henry, a Waterloo, Iowa banker

Worth Knowing (26)

Woodrow Wilson 3 Lou Henry Hoover 3 "Hail To The Chief" 3 William McKinley 2 William Henry Harrison 2 Texas 2 Smith 2 Mrs. Nixon 2 Mary Lincoln 2 Kentucky 2 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 2 Jackie's khakis 2 Florence Harding 2 Edith 2 Dolley's trolleys 2 Anna 2 John Tyler 2 Davis 2 Mrs. Lincoln 2 John Adams 2 Mrs. Carter 2 a lady bird 2 James Buchanan 2 Jacqueline Onassis 2 Jacqueline Bouvier 2 Frances Folsom 2

Ancient

1 answers | 28 clues

Must-Know (1)

Eleanor Roosevelt 28x 3.6% stumper $650 avg J:15 DJ:13

J $100 2001 In 1945 she became the first former first lady to serve as a delegate to the U.N.

J $800 2015 Edith (one of 2)

J $1,000 2019 "Women in Defense" (documentary short) commentary written by (1941)

Civil War

2 answers | 19 clues

Must-Know (1)

Mamie Eisenhower 16x 6.2% stumper $638 avg J:8 DJ:8

J $100 1998 First Lady for most of the 1950s, she was a big fan of "As The World Turns"

DJ $600 1993 She spent part of her honeymoon in Abilene, Kansas, where she met her husband's family

DJ $1,600 2005 Pink, a favorite color of hers, became popular nationwide when she lived in the White House

Worth Knowing (1)

Mrs. Grant 3

Modern (post-1990)

4 answers | 19 clues

Must-Know (1)

Hillary Clinton 13x $369 avg J:7 DJ:6

J $100 2000 In 1969 she graduated from Wellesley College where she was president of the student government

J $600 2002 In 1991 the National Law Journal cited her as "one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America"

J $100 1994 Sarah Phillips designed the stunning violet gown this first lady wore to the 1993 inaugural balls

Worth Knowing (3)

Michelle Obama 2 Melania Trump 2 Hillary Rodham Clinton 2

World War I

1 answers | 7 clues

Should-Know (1)

Edith Wilson 7x 28.6% stumper $957 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $400 2000 2 of the 3 first ladies seen in the photo here:

J $500 1993 Prior to marrying the president, this first lady had been married to jeweler Norman Galt

DJ $1,000 DD 1997 1 of 2 first ladies named Edith

Revolutionary Era

1 answers | 2 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

the Daughters of the American Revolution 2