Only First Lady to hang wash in the White House East Room; First woman to be presented at the Court of Saint James; First one to be the wife and mother of a president

First foreign-born First Lady

Oldest at becoming First Lady (age 65); shortest tenure (6 weeks); only wife and grandmother of a president

Only First Lady to have been committed to a mental institution; Only First Lady investigated as a traitor
because four of her brothers fought for the Confederacy

First First Lady with a college degree; First to be referred to as First Lady

Youngest First Lady at age 21

First one said to have been president, calling her own 'reign' 'my stewardship'

First First Lady to be a divorcee; First First Lady to have presumably voted for her husband

First to serve as national leader of the Girl Scouts

Only First Lady who did not have to change her maiden name upon marriage; only First Lady to be memorialized with a national monument statue; served as a delegate to UN General Ass

Longest living First Lady (dying at age 97)

First one born in the 20th century; first to have been a book editor

First First Lady to attend Cabinet meetings

First First Lady to SEE her husband and son become president

Only First Lady to have won a Grammy; first to have an office in the West Wing, first to be elected to political office

First First Lady selected as one of People magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People in the World'

First First Lady

First First Lady to serve ice cream IN THE White House

First unofficial First Lady, the niece of the president

First First Lady to die in office

First First Lady to have become the 3rd First Lady for a president (including an unofficial First Lady)

First unofficial First Lady to serve for the duration of her presidents term in office

First African-American First Lady