A 2013 - 2014 original C-SPAN feature series telling the stories of America's First Ladies - from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama -
through conversations with top experts, video tours of historic sites, and questions from C-SPAN's audience.

America's First Ladies — from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama
Special Thanks
C-SPAN would like to thank the following organizations for their help on our First Ladies series
C-SPAN would like to thank the following guests for joining us on-air during our First Ladies series
  • Martha Washington
    • Richard Norton Smith
    • Patricia Brady
  • Abigail Adams
    • Edith Gelles
    • C. James Taylor
  • Dolley Madison
    • Edith Mayo
    • Catherine Allgor
  • Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Catherine Adams
    • Richard Norton Smith
    • Daniel Preston
    • Amanda Mathews
  • Rachel Jackson, Emily Donelson, Angelica Singleton Van Buren
    • Michael Douglas Henderson
    • Patricia Brady
  • Anna Harrison, Letitia Tyler & Julia Tyler
    • Taylor Stoermer
    • Edna Greene Medford
    • Harrison Tyler
    • Payne Tyler
  • Sara Polk, Margaret Taylor & Abigail Fillmore
    • Conover Hunt
    • Paul Finkelman
  • Jane Pierce, Harriet Lane
    • Ann Covell
    • Feather Schwartz Foster
  • Mary Todd Lincoln
    • Richard Norton Smith
    • Rosalyn Terborg- Penn
  • Eliza Johnson
    • Jacqueline Berger
    • Kendra Hinkle
  • Julia Grant
    • William Seale
    • Pamela Sanfilippo
  • Lucy Hayes
    • Tom Culbertson
    • Allida Black
  • Lucretia Garfield & Mary Arthur McElroy
    • Carl Sferrazza Anthony
  • Frances Cleveland
    • Taylor Stoermer
    • Annette Dunlap
  • Caroline Harrison
    • William Seale
    • Edith Mayo
  • Ida McKinley
    • Carl Sferrazza Anthony
    • Richard Norton Smith
  • Edith Roosevelt
    • Kathleen Dalton
    • Stacy Cordery
  • Helen Taft
    • Lew Gould
    • Jane Hampton Cook
  • Ellen & Edith Wilson
    • Kristie Miller (studio)
    • John Milton Cooper (studio)
    • Cary Fuller (remote - S Street)
    • Bob Enholm (remote - S Street)
  • Florence Harding
    • Katie Sibley
    • David Pietrusza
  • Grace Coolidge
    • Amity Shlaes
    • Cyndy Bittinger
  • Lou Hoover
    • Annette Dunlap
    • Emily Charnock
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
    • Doug Brinkley
    • Allida Black
  • Bess Truman
    • Bill Seale
    • Nicole Anslover
  • Mamie Eisenhower
    • Marilyn Irvin Holt
    • Edie Mayo
  • Jacqueline Kennedy
    • Michael Beschloss
    • Barbara Perry
  • Lady Bird Johnson
    • Cokie Roberts
    • Betty Caroli
  • Pat Nixon
    • Timothy Naftali
    • Mary Brennan
  • Betty Ford
    • Richard Norton Smith
  • Rosalynn Carter
    • Jay Hakes
    • Grace Hale
  • Nancy Reagan
    • Carl Cannon
    • Judy Woodruff
  • Barbara Bush
    • Myra Gutin
    • Jeffrey Engel
  • Hillary Clinton
    • David Maraniss
    • Gail Sheehy
  • Laura Bush
    • Ann Gerhart
    • Mark Updegrove
  • Michelle Obama
    • Liza Mundy
    • Krissah Thompson
  • Wrap Up Program
    • Richard Norton Smith (remote from Kansas)
    • Edith Mayo
 

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