Episode 6: Trendsetters

Barbara Perry discusses the legacies that first ladies have left behind years after leaving the White House. This includes how their influence lives on through their post-White House work, their impact on the office of the first lady, and the historical sites and pop culture references that keep them in front of modern audiences. Show transcripts available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

Newly Paul talks about some of the most famous first lady speeches in American history from Eleanor Roosevelt to Melania Trump. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

Melody Lehn discusses the long and complicated relationship between first ladies and women’s rights from 1776 to Seneca Falls to suffrage to the Equal Rights Amendment. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

Kelly Marino discusses how the advocacy work of first ladies contributed to various campaigns and movements. The forgotten work of Julia Tyler, Abigail Fillmore, Harriet Lane and Florence Harding is explored. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

From Thomas Jefferson’s daughter to James Buchanan’s niece to Grover Cleveland’s sister, other women have stepped into the first lady role and, unfortunately, been mostly forgotten. Mary Stockwell gives these women their rightful place in history. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

Shaniece Bickham discusses how first ladies have used radio, television and social media to creatively share their messages with the public, starting in 1931 with Lou Hoover and through Michelle Obama. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies

Host Teri Finneman and guest Jodi Kanter discuss how several first ladies performed the role of mourner in chief following the deaths of their husbands. Martha Washington, Mary Lincoln, Lucretia Garfield, Florence Harding, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy and Nancy Reagan illustrate how personal grief and national mourning converge when a president dies. Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

MaryAnne Borrelli gives insight on how first ladies are portrayed in movies about the presidency, ranging from Independence Day to Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

Courtney Travers discusses public and media expectations that position first ladies as trendsetters and ideals of femininity. From Michelle Obama's J.Crew fashion to Nancy Reagan's signature red, from Jacqueline Kennedy's elegance and pillbox hats to Mamie Eisenhower's bangs and love for bubblegum pink, first ladies have used fashion as a means of communicating the first lady position. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.

Elizabeth Natalle explains how modern first ladies influence diplomacy, often championing democracy on the world stage and advancing progress in foreign policy, human rights, education, and health. Dolley Madison was an early social networker while the glamour of Jackie Kennedy abroad is still notable today. The critical role that Pat Nixon played in international relations is also explored, along with more recent first ladies Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush. Show transcripts are available at https://www.quinnipiacpodcasts.com/the-first-ladies Show music credit: "Winning Elevation" by Hot_Dope.