“First Lady But Second Fiddle” or the rise and rejection of the political couple in the White House: 1933-today.
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2015
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media influence women feminism First Lady president First Couple power policymaking partnership co-presidency constitution democracy visibility image Madeleine Albright Barbara Bush Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton Hillary Clinton Michelle Obama Nancy Pelosi Ronald Reagan Condoleezza Rice Eleanor Roosevelt Marian Anderson James Buchanan Rosalynn Carter Mamie Eisenhower Betty Ford Germaine Greer Anna Harrison Harold Ickes Eliza McCardle Johnson Jackie Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy Alice Roosevelt Longworth Dolley Madison Charles Nirdlinger Richard Nixon Jane Pierce Nancy Reagan Donald Regan Anna Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt Margaret Taylor Zachary Taylor Bess Truman Harry TrumanSujets proches
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Pierre-Marie Loizeau, « “First Lady But Second Fiddle” or the rise and rejection of the political couple in the White House: 1933-today. », European journal of American studies
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The First Lady has emerged as an institution of great influence. Whether out in the open like Hillary Clinton or behind the scenes like Nancy Reagan, most First Ladies have served as their husbands’ most trusted and closest political allies. Thus the modern era has seen the advent of the presidential couple, as symbolically epitomized in the 1990s' neologism “Billary.” It seems, however, that the American public is not ready to accept power-sharing in the White House and that the First Lady, visible and influential though she might be, should not play the role of a co-president. A number of feminists simply propose to “abolish” her.
