First Ladies of the USA 6/6: Career Women (1981-Now)

[@cejones1701]

I really enjoyed this series. however, I will add one thing, Jill Biden is the 1st to have a PhD, but not the first to have a doctoral level degree. Both Hilary Clinton and Michelle Obama had Juris Doctorate degrees. They do not use the title Doctor, but they are of a doctoral level. Thank you for spotlighting these amazing women!

[@NK-pr9xy]

Great point!

[@sharlenesmith5606]

I was about to make the same point. This series is amazing and something that both my daughter and I enjoy.

[@philhobrla8489]

JD is considered a Professional Degree by the Department of Education, not a Doctoral degree. The JSD is the terminal degree for law. Other professional degrees are MD/DO, DVM, DDS/DMD, and MBA.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

That was news to me! How admirable! (⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠)

[@Plum_bird]

People with Ed.D. Which is also a professional degree use the style Doctor as well.

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

Barbara to George W: go for the presidency honey. Mommy is so proud Barbara to Jeb: Honey we've had enough Bushes in the White House. 😂😂😂

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

Though Jeb lost, a 90 year old Barbara Bush jumped into the fray of the campaign, crisscrossing the country on the behalf of her second eldest son, Jeb. So Mrs. Bush clearly felt conviction enough to rethink her position.

[@piratesswoop725]

Poor Jeb! 😂

[@victoriafrost5461]

I roll my eyes at Nancy Reagan with her "Just say no" campaign against drugs since she was on a variety of pills.

[@Nikki-tx6kh]

I remember Maradona too, doing anti-drugs ads while he was playing in Spain while getting high almost every day.

[@markcadieux3445]

She was on medications I'm sure. After all she was in her 70's.

[@madamtwonky4076]

You mean her doctor prescribed meds? Pro-tip. Dealers aren't unlicensed pharmacists.

[@victoriafrost5461]

@@madamtwonky4076 Yes, her physician gave her pills. Yet, she became addicted on sleeping pills to diet pills and others. Her addiction was briefly discussed in The Reagans: Portrait of a Marriage by Anne Edwards, Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris and The Triumph of Nancy Reagan, by Karen Tumulty

[@babygirl2638]

Same here. She was one of the worst first ladies. Neither she nor her husband cared about the people and were very much on the wrong side of history. Great video though.

[@reniasva]

I admire the effort Lindsay put into this. Highly interesting, highly educational and just perfect to enjoy. I know, I know, but I MUST say this: as a historian I really enjoyed the whole series. Given the time format you chose, you gave as much info, entertainment and "tea" as you possibly could. I would show this in class, hands down. I really appreciate the entire channel, but this series was interesting even for me, a non-american (yet green card owner) who lives in Europe. This gets a triple A grade from me. You'd pass my class with flying colours. Well done, Miss Lindsay! It's not only interesting to history buffs, feminists or people interested in politics, but also to pretty much everyone who can enjoy this content. Amazing! Well done! Perfect!

[@elizabethuschak1600]

8in

[@LeahWalentosky]

I was and still am liberal but will always admire Laura Bush for literacy promotion. It wasn’t until college going to library school I realized how much her literacy program had an effect on my teen years. I would have appreciated her much more in my teens if I knew.

[@est9949]

I'm a professor myself and the fact that Michelle Obama said Jill Biden was always grading papers just sent me 🤣 That description is so spot on of our careers.

[@PrincessKLS]

Interesting that Barbra Bush was so open minded and social issues but her children weren’t.

[@piratesswoop725]

I find that pretty common among women versus their husbands and sons, sadly.

[@KFC_Pyongyang_AssistantManager]

Back in the day republicans actually tended to be pro choice, which actually does make sense because it can be considered a libertarian stance

[@honeybadgergrrl77]

Money, Mary.

[@KamalasFakePolls]

@Katherene Wedic only Muslims believe that

[@fosminclorin]

@@KFC_Pyongyang_AssistantManager choice shouldn't be about killing a 9 months baby. There must be some restrictions if you really want to kill babies, at least kill an underdeveloped fetus that doesn't look as a baby as soon as possible. Giving up for adoption or not having that much sex are also good options. Even some doctors who perform abortions are disgusted by what they take out.

[@sistersamich2075]

I have respect for Laura Bush. She did not like abortion so instead of just outlawing it, she educated people on saftey so they wouldn’t have to get them. THAT is how you stop people from needing abortions. I’m pro choice, and I think that that was an intelligent move.

[@ashleydixon4613]

That’s the same point Hillary Clinton tried to make during her time representing New York in the Senate- and of course got nowhere because the other side wouldn’t budge an inch. She said the same thing as Laura Bush was trying to say: trying to point out to her fellow senators that despite their differences of opinion on the legality of abortion, they could all agree (or so she thought) it would be good to work toward a decrease in the numbers of unwanted pregnancies to begin with, therefore lowering abortion rates. But of course when it came down to it, the other side, to this day, continues to teach - excuse me: preach-nothing but abstinence, and gives no real sex Ed, when it comes to safer sex practices and basically teaching anything useful along those terms, besides the anatomy/physiology of it and the basics of how babies are made-along with the abstinence only mantra, of course. Because, of course, we know how effective that is. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@sistersamich2075]

@@ashleydixon4613 they also do not teach about LGBT sex or saftey.

[@cl5470]

Ironic, since she famously had an abortion. Typical republican.

[@tetea3869]

Abortion is murder. It should not be excused or permitted. Before limiting life, limite sex.

[@sistersamich2075]

@@tetea3869 okay. That’s your opinion. I’m sure you’re a lovely person behind the screen, I simply disagree.

[@reenakemp9132]

Whatever your political affliation is , it's hard to deny that these women you have featured the last 2 weeks are all very incredible and driven. You had such positive things to say about each and every one of them. Great series

[@jamesfarquhar7547]

Yeah i totally agree with you

[@yung1717]

Yeah but some don’t deserve positive saying. Actually most don’t

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I agree. I may love some first ladies more than others, but I can't deny that all of them had achieved something in one way or another. ❤️

[@alrad5149]

I don't agree. I love history and enjoying learning their good and bad, but I felt this was skewed.

[@somewhatsecret]

Once when I was very little maybe 6 or so I went to a classical music concert with my family. We found out that Barbara Bush was in attendance just moments before she was being escorted out after it was over and when she walked past me she waved and smiled. I was one of the few if not the ONLY child in attendance and later found out how much she loved children. I don't remember it clearly but my family that was with me does lol.

[@almostatami]

Its one thing to be some politician's wife but to be the president's wife seems like hell. The amount of stress rivals your husband's and you just have to be publicly graceful through it all. I'd cry every. damn. day.

[@NK-pr9xy]

Agreed. People and journalists make up a bunch of lies to sell their product. Bright, intelligent women get reduced to criticism of their outfit that day. Very archaic and absolutely terrible way to live

[@est9949]

@@NK-pr9xy This is why I never spend money (or clicks) on tabloid articles. In addition, I am vocal against them. It's a dishonest business that makes money by destroying innocent people's lives. IMHO, anyone spending money on tabloid and paparazzi are big part of the problem, it's like buying stolen goods from criminals. It's hard to resist the temptations to click on sensationalized articles so it's important for me to keep reminding myself of this.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Same here. Not to mention that you have to deal with lies and slander splashed all over the press due to politics, misogyny, etc. I'd want to cry too. 😢 Many of these first ladies handled this public pressure with grace, courage, strength and dignity. That's probably why I'm not even going to bring up politics outside of my inner circle, much less not marry a politician. It's just too toxic to even talk about nowadays and admittedly, I'm terrified of nasty confrontations. 😅

[@barbarahomrighaus6852]

Exactly. They are exceptional ladies, every one.

[@mk-yt8og]

I'm currently not very well mentally, and I just want to thank you so much for your videos, as they provide me with escapism while also learning interesting things. Most of all, however, I absolutely love the way you narrate your videos. It is so calming to me

[@jvckie1225]

Hii I don’t know you or what you’re going through. But I hope things get better and you’re able to overcome whatever is going on

[@mk-yt8og]

@@jvckie1225 Thank you so much! I can't sleep very well yet but it's getting better!!

[@ackity]

you're not the only one! i went through a really rough period in february and march this year, which eventually got me medicated for my anxiety. and between all the panic attacks, crying and lack of sleep, lindsay's videos really helped me through it. i will always respect her for her ability to be so calming and informative. don't know how you're doing right now, but i wish you all the best, and remember you're never alone

[@brettlarch8050]

So Barbara bush and Abigail adams are the equivalent of queen mothers. You could call them first mothers.

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

Didn't think about that.

[@tc2334]

Very true

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

I didn't think about that. You're absolutely right. They can be considered first ladies and first mothers.

[@marieclapdorp1417]

Great Series. I was always a fan of Eleanor Roosevelt, but I found something to admire in almost all of the first ladies. A remarkable group of women for the most part.

[@hera7884]

God Rest all the innocent souls who were so viciously and horribly taken from us in 9/11. People from over 90 countries died in those terrorist attacks. They were Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Atheists. Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, Sons, Niece’s, Nephews, Neighbors, and Friends. Lost but never Forgotten.

[@tiffprendergast]

Yeah

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

It still saddens me that all of the men, women and children all had their lives tragically cut short. 😢

[@NK-pr9xy]

Any remotely "positive" thing said about First Lady Trump was dripping in detest. Can't be professional for 30-60 second clip? Women are not their husbands. If you don't like a man, don't vilify the wife. That's a bit sexist.

[@angiemhughes958]

I very much enjoyed this series but was much disappointed how Melanie Trump was portrayed! One scantily dressed picture would have sufficed. She is a beautiful, gracious woman and was portrayed as a tramp. So obviously biased!!!

[@allysonwalker2084]

Melania got the classic History Tea Time treatment.

[@TheFellowshipoftheCats]

These videos are awesome. Thank you so much for your dedication to telling the stories of the powerful and influential women who are often on the sidelines of history

[@lucypreece7581]

I always felt really sorry for Hillary Clinton. I recently watched Impeachment: An American Crime Story and it really made me sympathise with her. She was taken for a fool by her own husband. She was in a situation where she was damned if she did and damned if she didn't. For standing by him she looked like a naïve, foolish pushover and if she had divorced him she would be tainted as bitter and angry. She is too good for Bill.

[@stephfahey1101]

She's not a saint either though. She's flimsy at best. Her personality is atrocious. The decisions she made in her own political career has also detracted from her chances of winning. She is a racist person and a closet right winger. Not exactly a shining example of what a Democrat is supposed to be. :)

[@ellcally508]

She stayed for power. It worked out for her. She became secretary of state and ran for president. Now people don't think about the affair when they look at her.

[@stephfahey1101]

@@ellcally508 she ran twice and failed. Then instead of self reflection she used a scape goat twice. First it was Obama then it was Trump\ Russia. She represents everything people hate about Neo-Liberalism and late stage capitalism. In reality people saw through her both times lol.

[@lucypreece7581]

@@ellcally508 But she is an educated and determined woman. I feel she would have made it on her own without Bill. I feel she is the kind of woman who is stubborn enough and fierce enough to stand her ground and go after what she wants. So her staying with Bill makes her look foolish and dumb. In the divorce she had the prime opportunity to get stuff she wanted. Money, contacts, property. Something she could use for herself to build on. But she knew that in divorcing him and exposing everything she would look like the bitter, rage filled ex wife who hated seeing her husband be successful and hated seeing him with a younger woman. It's simple misogyny. Staying made her look naïve and foolish, leaving would have tarnished her as a crazy bitter ex. She had no way of winning in the court of public opinion.

[@melicat6652]

@@lucypreece7581 I agree with everything you said and I'd take it a step further to say that misogyny was also what worked against her presidential campaign. For some reason she was disliked for being too prepared, too qualified, too ambitious, and too steady--whereas all of those qualities in a man are highly praised. Once again she was literally damned if she did and damned if she didn't. I can only imagine how much better we all would have fared if her ambition and qualifications hadn't worked against her.

[@patriciapalmer1377]

Rosalyn Carter invited me to a personal lunch, a mutual friend and her. She bowled me over, much prettier in person, razor sharp intellect, and wry. We became friends and for a charity lunch I was spearheading, she bought 3 tables for 8 and brought relatives and neighbors! Found out at the event and they drove for hours ! Just darned sweet and kind, she and everyone of them.

[@AnonJess]

What a cool memory! Thanks for sharing that unique experience with the rest of us!

[@patriciapalmer1377]

@@AnonJess I teased her for years...the only reason she was nice to me was my purchase of 23 cases of her book ! 😆 At retail 😁 hee !

[@yvonnenc]

“Laura Bush: As a child, she enjoyed reading. At 17, she committed vehicular manslaughter.”

[@younglingmaid2526]

I'm 17 and I'm glad I don't even know how to drive a car now...

[@calico27]

Geee.. that was a discovery for me! And made me wonder if how her life would have turned out if she was not privileged and white.

[@areiaaphrodite]

Ngl, Jill and Michelle are the real MVPs. They are perfect representations of modern day, 21st century First Ladies. I especially loved that picture of Jill fighting off a protestor to protect her husband like a champ 💪 You go, ladies!

[@sharonharris9782]

And Jill is the only First Lady to also keep her career!

[@tiffprendergast]

Ugh

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@tiffprendergast problem, love?

[@tiffinyhunter5901]

@aeria She has no life. She has literally went through hundreds of comments to specifically be negative on only two women. It comes across as older middle aged jealousy

[@areiaaphrodite]

@@tiffinyhunter5901 ikr 😂😂

[@LittleMissLounge]

"He called her Mommy." 😬 I'll refrain from my more... divisive feelings about Reagan in this comment section, but ew. I do find it simultaneously intriguing and depressing Nancy was into stem cell research. Too bad that interest didn't extend to other public health matters.

[@justjen139]

I remember every single of one of them and my favorite by far was Barbara Bush. Such a gentle and kind soul. Spoke her mind, stood her ground and deeply loved her husband.

[@jeanhowell9353]

You need to read more about Barbara Bush. She was one of my favorites and yes she was mostly kind but “gentle” would not be an adjective I would apply.

[@tiffprendergast]

Yup

[@lfgifu296]

I love Barbara too, though for me Eleanor Roosevelt stays on the top spot

[@nmv33]

Trump and Melania did what losers do, throw a fit and leave without saying goodbye.

[@sassy_llama5909]

Came here for Michelle stayed for Barbara.. I really would have loved talking to her❤

[@sydnee_lo]

So good!! Would love to see a series on the Kennedys and the Kennedy curse!

[@tiffanyhenderson454]

As always masterfully done. As a Black American I always enjoy how you state history, respectfully and without sugar coating either political direction. As a woman I throughly enjoy all your videos! Next year can we have one for Juneteenth?

[@Alex-ms9em]

I have a question and it’s gonna show how ignorant I am 😣, isn’t Juneteenth like a very new holiday?? I only remember people mentioning it last year??? I would just look it up but when I did it’s not giving me the answer I need lol

[@TheMeloettaful]

@Alex you are not the only one. I am a Black American, and know very little about Juneteenth. The very basic that I know about it (and that could be wrong too) is that it is mainly celebrated in Texas. I think it was the day that word FINALLY came to the former slaves that they were no longer slaves and immediately stopped working. ANYONE who has much better knowledge of the holiday please correct me if I got anything wrong. But I live in Oklahoma so I had no idea about this day until maybe this past year or so give or take. So maybe those of us who don't live in Texas won't really know too much of anything about it 🤷. But it would be cool to have Lindsey cover it in a future video next year ❤! So that people can have at least a better understanding of the holiday.

[@believeinbuffalo]

@@Alex-ms9em it's been celebrated since the 1860s/70s iirc in Texas, within the past 10 yrs has spread to the greater African American community and within the last year became national

[@Alex-ms9em]

@@TheMeloettaful @believeinbuffalo thanks for the information!😊

[@cc1966ful]

"She resolved to be both brilliant and Black." that's inspired. thank you for your wonderful series...actually thank you for everything you've done. fascinating stuff.

[@GeoJoe_13]

Love that Barbara Bush's official stance on homosexuality and abortion essentially boils down to "It's no one's fucking business!" She got it!

[@ninas992]

Terrific job on the entire presentation!

[@ginadelfina5887]

I really liked this series! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into these videos.

[@CallieMasters5000]

I always have to take exception with the statement that Jill Biden was the first First Lady to work while her husband was in office. Hillary Clinton was elected a US senator from New York, and as the Congress gets sworn in at the beginning of January and the President on January 20, she spent about 2-3 weeks as both a Senator and First Lady, going between the White House and her office at the Congress each day. Love her or hate her, being a US senator is a job by anybody's definition, so Hillary was fulltime employed and working while First Lady and this should make her the first to have this title. Dr. Biden should be commended for her dedication to teaching, of course, especially considering the woman who came before her never even finished college.

[@dannybeun948]

Would be great her husband jo go back to work in the garden as’well 🙏

[@tiffprendergast]

Igh

[@piratesswoop725]

I think that’s fair, although I wonder if she means working outside of the political arena.

[@NK-pr9xy]

I didn't realize their was an overlap of her jobs. Interesting.

[@elisabeth9792]

The statement was that Jill Biden was the only one to continue working when she entered the white house. Even though there was an overlap and Hillary did work while in the Whitehouse, she wasn't working when she entered the Whitehouse (if im not mistaken at least) so the statement about Dr Jill Biden was still correct

[@R32R38]

Prior episode I know, but today is Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's 76th wedding anniversary.

[@kokonana4086]

One more wonderful note. Michelle Obama and Jill Biden are really close. They are like besties. Their friendship and sisterhood is quite rare at the White House. Totally love them!

[@rFuzzyBearX]

Sisterhood ? Michelle is a man lol

[@tiffprendergast]

@@rFuzzyBearX yup

[@CoalMnrsDotr]

Gross.

[@piratesswoop725]

@@rFuzzyBearX Imagine still believing this dumb conspiracy theory 🥱

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

@@rFuzzyBearX “how sad!” That you can’t or won’t deal with a well-educated person who happens to be African-American and is a better person than you can ever hope to be.

[@peggyfewlass9015]

It's too bad that all you could do was dig up dirt on Melania Trump, and conveniently leave out all the good things she did.....not to mention the pictures you chose to post.....all the rest of the women you managed to say all the positive things....

[@suzyfarnham3165]

What WERE THOSE GOOD THINGS????? "i DON'T REALLY CARE...do you?!" "What do I care about fu**ing Christmas stuff! I don't give a f**k about Christmas" END QUOTE. Yeah she was a really great First Lady??? NOT! She was the first First Lady to have full frontal nudes taken..so I guess there is that??????!! Real Classy???Vile money hungry pieces of work...BOTH HE AND THE THING SHE MARRIED..... She is still there for $$$$$$...shame he has spent all her alimony on lawyers!!

[@OceanExpess]

I admire the effort put into this video, but I am very disappointed by the lack of mention of the Reagan’s horrific and cruel handling of the AIDS crisis - of which Nancy had a visible part in. Can’t gloss over history & rehabilitate these peoples image, especially when the damage they inflicted is very much still felt & ever-present today.

[@tarajones2065]

I have nothing nice to say about that woman

[@lilly2b1]

And the last one… the jacket they wore about not caring and the text message over the 6th.

[@abjg6446]

Lindsay did devote a segment of her two-part history of pandemics, which includes the AIDS crisis, to Pres. Reagan’s cavalier and cruel treatment of the gay community and how LGBT community took the matter of saving lives from what was then a death sentence diagnosis into their own hands.

[@juan21r16]

Reagan has a lot to answer for.....

[@cl5470]

She probably wanted to avoid all the mentally ill conspiracy theorists who would show up with their fetish about killing kids.

[@Kerriangel]

Don’t mind me; I’m just here for the comment section 🍿

[@brettlarch8050]

Oh I know. These days, it’s come to modern realization this country needs fixing.

[@thelanktheist2626]

It’s actually kinda respectful… for now.

[@StarchildMagic]

Thank you so much for this series! I learned little enough about our Presidents when I was in school. Almost nothing was ever said about First Ladies. But every single one has been an interesting person with an interesting life story. I've loved hearing about all of them.

[@PerfectlyImperfect93]

Literally forced myself to listen to the Trumps 😂 Thank You for your hard work Lindsay!💖

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

We need time stamps

[@angelagendreau3586]

@@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 Yup. Which reminds me, Michelle's speeches were so good, Melania plagiarized them.

[@Stinoco]

@@angelagendreau3586 don’t blame her. Blame her staff. Why do people despite Melania so much? Just because her husband was trump doesn’t make her worthy of the trash she was thrown at

[@melanieortiz712]

Many of us holding our nose through that. So much trash after so much class that the Obama's brought.

[@Stinoco]

@@melanieortiz712 one thing is hating Trump, another one is hating Melania for marrying him

[@kjgrimstrup2495]

Would love to see a series on Second Ladies and the current Second Gentleman

[@TheMormonPower]

Second gentleman would be the husband of a female Vice President...I don't even know if Camilla Harris is married...if she is...to whom ?

[@kjgrimstrup2495]

@@TheMormonPower Kamala Harris’ husband is Douglas Emhoff. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Emhoff

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

@@TheMormonPower yes Kamala Harris is married to a lawyer named Doug Emhoff Admire most first ladies for different reasons though dislike certain ones I.E. Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama

[@piratesswoop725]

That would be really interesting! The ones who became first ladies she could tell about what they did as second ladies.

[@haleyhugs1234]

I loved this series so much!!

[@ajb7530]

I need to say that women are smart, kind, generous, clever, passionate, etc and they are also powerful allies. I admire many of these amazing ladies.

[@PrincessQ-fj9ly]

Me too. I especially love Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy and Michelle Obama(though I'm probably biased with Michelle as I'm an African American girl 😅), these are the best first ladies in my opinion. ❤

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

I came here for Michelle Obama.

[@sunshine08ist]

Me too!

[@ZaynabAAli]

I'm early!! I am really excited about this video. sad that the series has come to an end it was so interesting. suggestion: I would love a video about middle eastern queens and queen consorts.

[@NK-pr9xy]

Yes! I love the videos on this geographic area. We needs more!

[@piratesswoop725]

The way Barbara just crushed Jeb!’s hopes and dreams at every turn, whew 😭

[@barbarahomrighaus6852]

I think she was being kind to him. He was not as popular and was not going to improve his profile by running then. She was always a shrewd strategist.

[@Alex-ms9em]

I didn’t know that Hillary won a Grammy!!😵

[@deniseyoung3738]

Just a little bias there.....

[@warmporridge882]

Wow Lindsey! What a great series.

[@princesabonita79]

some of them on this video dont have to work hard they can just enjoy the money their husband's corruption rakes in.

[@brettlarch8050]

Like a certain orange mcfart muffin we know.

[@princesabonita79]

@@brettlarch8050 Quite possibly, you never know. Sorry to hear that you're still suffering from chronic Trump Derangement Syndrome.

[@brettlarch8050]

Sorry to hear you’re suffering from white supremacist shitty education syndrome.

[@NK-pr9xy]

It sounds like none of the first ladies were paid for their role so ALL of them financially benefited from their husband's position.

[@lebowskisrug]

@@brettlarch8050he made the money before he was president. and everyone loved him before he was president. that man hasn’t broken laws.

[@AquaIllusion88]

This series was SO interesting!!

[@kathleenbrenner2889]

Historians report fact without bias. Try that next time

[@piratesswoop725]

Since when???? Historians often have a bias on how they tell history.

[@67jpt]

Interesting but your biases were showing quite strongly this time.

[@burgundybabyy]

where? with facts?

[@67jpt]

@@burgundybabyy I said biases, not facts. The narrator pointed out out instances where some First Ladies were shown in a negative way while ignoring other instances from First Ladies on the other side of the political fence that would show THEM in a negative way. It that’s typical in journalism today. Just found it disappointing here.

[@CherieH223]

I agree. This episode was like getting served the most perfect ice cream Sundae you’ve ever seen in your whole life and enjoying its beauty and then accidentally dropping it on the ground. Lol. I was so enthralled with this series that I’ve sat here for a couple hours watching all of them and she never shows bias until now. It really made me sad. I feel like my favorite toy was broken. Lol.

[@lfgifu296]

I’m not sure it counts as bias… she said certain First Ladies were criticised, and explained why it was so. What she said were facts, so I don’t think it can be called bias

[@somuchsong]

This was a great series!

[@lorifrederick2367]

Thank you for this series. I enjoyed them very much, and I learned a lot!

[@phillipdando9006]

Thank you for this series, I learned a lot.

[@Deborah4Antiques]

Hillary and Bill were at Tumps wedding! "Politics makes strange bedfellows." G. Bush said, "you'll love Laura," I think he was right.

[@melanieortiz712]

They're all chumy with each other. Left, right same bird.

[@Deborah4Antiques]

@@melanieortiz712 I'm Canadian, guess I need to brush up.

[@NK-pr9xy]

Trump is less right-winged and more populist. Similar to [Bill] Clinton (being a populist president), so it's not that absurd that he's a major pop cultural event.

[@Deborah4Antiques]

@@NK-pr9xy Thank you, I'm learning.

[@cl5470]

Trump was a democrat until he realized the educated left was too well informed to vote for him.

[@vpombovp]

This was very well done. You make history interesting.

[@fflubadubb]

I absolutely love the dynamic Michelle Obama. ❤ If you watched the Showtime series First Lady it showed that Betty Ford was pretty dynamic too despite her personal problems. She had an abusive first marriage and managed to marry Gerald Ford who absolutely adored her. Love Eleanor Roosevelt probably first and foremost. I hope the series comes back there are so many First Ladies to tell about !

[@tiffprendergast]

Michael

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

@@tiffprendergast bitter, jealous.

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

Betty's first marriage ended because of the lack of stability, his constantly moving from place to place, his frequent absences from home due to work, and lastly, his alcoholism. There's no indication that he was abusive. In fact, she filed for divorce, which was put on hold when her husband became gravely ill. The then Mrs. Warren slept in a separate room in the house, continued nursing her husband back to health, reinitiating divorce proceedings only after he recovered. They were friends and had an amicable divorce but were just not compatible with each other. Both later happily remarried new spouses.

[@KamalasFakePolls]

@@travelseatsyellowlab because Big Mike is hung like a horse

[@travelseatsyellowlab]

@@KamalasFakePolls you would know since you've been there and everywhere else.

[@patriciadent7151]

Thank you, so informative!

[@quietreflections18]

Thank you! I really enjoyed this video and series!

[@vellbariaofficial]

There were 2 first ladies who were born outside the United States - one was Mrs Louisa Johnson (born in London) and the other was Mrs Melania Trump (born in Slovenia). #funfact

[@benjamintillema3572]

Just breezed right past the fact that Lara Bush killed someone. Like, yes, it was unintentional, and she probably was never charged with anything, but jeeze, we went from her childhood love of reading, to manslaughter, to her time in college in 10 seconds. 16:03

[@cl5470]

What is the worst thing you ever did by accident? Now make a video about it and let us all comment on it. Oh, you don't want to admit anything like that but expect famous people to do so for your entertainment? Oops, your entitlement is showing!

[@benjamintillema3572]

@@cl5470 Chill. This video series is about first ladies and their lives, the car accident was a major event in Laura Bush's life. I'd say it needed more than a passing 5 second summary. Yes, I guess I felt entitled for some elaboration, so I looked into it myself. The victim's name was Michael Dutton Douglas. He was a star athlete, by the way. His father was driving behind him when it happened, saw the whole thing. Apparently Laura was known for reckless driving and there may have been alcohol involved. She prayed for Michael's life in the emergency room. Her friends noticed an immediate and permanent personality change. She later wrote that she lost her faith in God for years after the crash. Her husband used his connections to hide the story for years. It haunted her for the rest of her life.

[@toric6005]

This just reminds me of the show Scandal when the first lady said, “the moment a man has to do this job it’ll be paid”.

[@lovingSey]

Bravo 👏🏽 I enjoyed the entire series .

[@Richardsonprincess00]

Finally, the concussion of six parts of the first ladies' documents of the video.

[@nanyalex9192]

Always fun to watch your series Lindsay! 😊 Extra bravo for the unique way in which you sum it all up creating a full image of the person portrayed! Keep up the good work!

[@michelles4]

History will learn that Laura Bush is one of the best First Ladies ever!!!❤️😊🇺🇸

[@lucypreece7581]

Barack and Michelle Obama are always to me proof that God has favourites. One of my fave ever famous couples. You can tell that they are truly besotted with each other. Also they are both good looking people who age like fine wine and have bags of charisma and charm. They are just cool. I just like them as people and I like a lot of the things they stand for and to me they feel like real people you know. Like you could talk to them about anything and they would listen intently and not judge. I would love to just be in the presence. I feel they would have a really calming energy about them.

[@tiffprendergast]

Ughhh

[@MikeChowda]

​@@tiffprendergast ?

[@CrossoverManiac]

I don't know about Michael Obama, but his husband Barack aged like milk left out in the Nevada desert in August.

[@MikeChowda]

@@CrossoverManiac plz tell me you are in 3rd grade

[@joycefisher0169]

@@MikeChowda Sounds like it...🙄🙄

[@willowravenwright5518]

If Virginia is the Mother of Presidents, Ohio is the Mother of First Ladies.

[@jkn8705]

I always heard that Nancy Reagan's interest in astrology started way before the assassination attempt. She allegedly consulted her astrologist prior to Ronald's inauguration. 🤷‍♀️ Just thought I'd share. I've also really enjoyed this video series!

[@NK-pr9xy]

There's a great Weird History video about it. Astrology wasn't a unique phenomenon either; a lot of history gets skewed through the modern day lens

[@cl5470]

Hilariously, evangelicals worship Reagan even though they think astrology is evil witchcraft. They're such hypicrites. 🤣

[@cl5470]

@@NK-pr9xy Astrology is utter nonsense no matter how many people in history fall for it. The constellations don't even match up to the modern sky anymore.

[@corneliussnow8215]

This entire series was just an extremely fascinating thing to listen to. Getting to listen to the stories of the woman behind what would eventually become the most important leader of the world was eye opening. So many of things that they did, could easily be made into movies or shows honestly. It was genuinely refreshing though to hear about the older ones being able to live relatively long lives compared to the Royal Families at the time. So often it felt like we were hearing stories of them dying during child birth, being passed around to secure alliances, or problems due to incest. It was nice to hear these ones

[@lillysora]

Love the series and hope that last part about having a First Gentlemen in the White House happens sooner rather than later, you see I live in Colorado and have been incredibly impressed with our First Gentleman Marlon Reis and of course his husband husband Jared Polis.

[@taffykins2745]

It already did. Where have you been?

[@mediocremaiden8883]

@@taffykins2745 We have a Second Gentleman, VP Kamala Harris' husband is Second Gentleman.

[@mediocremaiden8883]

WHAT?! The Governor of Colorado is a man married to a man ? I've been cooling it on the news since I had maaaajor Insanity Trump Era News fatigue. I can't even bring myself to watch the Jan 6th hearings. It's too soon. Still too soon but anyhow that's really cool Fuck I miss Colorado. Especially Boulder. My father and brother lived there for years then moved to Denver but Boulder...I *loved* looking out the window and *not* seeing the tops of the Foothills I havent been back since My dad passed..But y'all are livin' right. That's so cool...Imagine the culture shock spending part of Christmas Break; Spring Break and thr month of June in Boulder, Colorado then going back home in Tulsa, Oklahoma 😱

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

@@taffykins2745 it means the president of the United States is a woman, not first gentleman married to the veep.

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

@@mediocremaiden8883 it’s not too soon for jan 6 hearings. And the only people who don’t want to know the truth are you and MAGAts.

[@slayermal345]

Thank you for the video of the 1st ladies! 😁😁😁

[@nanettedean7560]

I have to admit that I was quite disappointed in the political bias shown in this video which I think led to some actual incorrect statements. For example, Mrs. Biden is not the first First Lady with a doctorate level degree.

[@elizabethduplat5835]

I've really enjoyed this series - thank you very much! It has inspired me to look them up myself and learn more. And don't listen to the comments criticizing you for being biased against Melania Trump. You just stated the facts, like for all the other first ladies, Democrat and Republican.

[@demelove0541]

Great series 👏🏾

[@starrycrown]

I find Nancy Reagan the most scary First Lady, but I can’t quite say why. Stepford wife-ish?

[@leoo7787]

Yugoslavia NEVER was in a "soviet block", NEVER. So, FAKE fact.

[@NK-pr9xy]

Research standards were poor for this video. 🤷‍♀️

[@thescuffletownchef]

This was a great series. My uncle who was a pilot, was fortunate enough to fly a helicopter for Reagan. My uncle was given an official copy of the photo when Raegan stepped off the helicopter. My grandma was so proud and made copies of the photo to give my mama and all her siblings.

[@kimberley3577]

Wonderful series. I enjoyed this very much

[@snowwhite5842]

No bias here. 🙄 Melania deserves to be treated with the same respect as any other First Lady, despite what anyone may think of her husband. Unless of course you want to bring up Hunter and his antics.

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

Yes, let’s have respect for an illegal alien porn star who had an anchor baby to stay in the country and who steals speeches from other First Ladies. Has Hunter Biden had a temper tantrum over being investigated the way t.Rump does? No? Ok, then shut it.

[@snowwhite5842]

@Taylor Monte yes, the affairs were mentioned for pity. If you can’t see the bias, and the acceptance of that bias, then maybe you should hush. Melania’s accomplishments were not discussed. She was accused of plagiarizing a speech even though “my word is my bond” is a common phrase. It was even speculated she was negotiating a better pre-nup instead of staying with her son so he could complete his school year.

[@burgundybabyy]

lol she spoke facts. Melania is a POS mail order bride.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

Respect is earned..................So .NO.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

@@snowwhite5842It wasn't 'one phrase'!! It was over 90% of the whole speech. There are many videos comparing the 2. Perhaps go and look?? What does Hunter have to do with First Ladies? MANY Presidents had VERY troublesome children? Melania Trump made it MORE THAN OBVIOUS she didn't want to be there..THAT is what stands her apart...NOT even "Fu**ing Christmas"....end quote. So why doesn't she deserve the same respect you ask??? What exactly were her accomplishments??

[@jasmineavila6089]

I always look forward to your videos :)

[@aladyknight1314]

AMAZING SERIES!

[@sugarplum5824]

Every episode in this series has been absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing your research with us! 👏

[@nmv33]

“Behind a good man it’s a great woman” in most of the cases this is so true.

[@PrincessKLS]

Jill Biden looks younger than 69.

[@christy3577]

Hello dear

[@michellebruce5092]

Great history video on the first ladies. Hope to see more of your history videos soon 😀

[@jjomalley6307]

Awesome video as always

[@zoerphl]

so cool to get the history from the womans perspective

[@Lulu-ut9pv]

Also I'm sorry but milana trump wedding dress doesn't look like $250k

[@CallieMasters5000]

It was a haute couture designer dress made just for her, so they probably just asked the designer what it's worth and that's what they quote it as being. She was photographed in it months before getting married so it would make the cover of Vogue which came out at the same time as the wedding. Between the Vogue cover and Trump's media PR, they probably didn't pay anything for it.

[@Lulu-ut9pv]

@@CallieMasters5000 it's just soooo ugly, I've seen dresses in charity shops look better.... they are ofterned used!

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

A lot of these expensive wedding dresses don’t 😂

[@Lulu-ut9pv]

@@idontgiveafaboutyou I mean no disrespect when I say it looks like they stuck loafs of white bin bags together

[@piratesswoop725]

John Galliano is a terrible designer, it boggles my mind. The Trumps must have been friends with him or something because I can think of like a dozen other designers who have better taste that she could’ve gone with.

[@KellyJeanne]

What an excellent series!

[@MyDarkmarc]

I'm surprised you did not know who William Holden's wife was she was an actress who was just as talented as her husband her name was Brenda Marshall

[@robertandhollyscorpiofan2697]

And they divorced in 1971, after 30-ish years of marriage, probably because he was an alcoholic. He also had a child with Eve Farrell; Had an affair with Audrey Hepburn; Had an affair with Capuchine; And was in a nine-year relationship with singer/actress/conservationist Stefanie Powers, and they were estranged at his death because he was an alcoholic.

[@llshadygal6451]

Great Series, would love to learn about the Second Spouses and Vice President of the USA!!!

[@christy3577]

Hello dear

[@ladyagnes7781]

I think Milania Trump was always given a hard time in the press. She's a brilliant woman she speaks five languages and I don't blame her for staying in New York to keep her son in his school to finish the term. I think she had to deal with a lot of crap from the press and did it with dignity

[@dannybeun948]

There is nothing to blame Melania is just perfect 👌

[@Booka60]

English must not be one of them, but her nude photos are SO classy.

[@danusdragonfly6640]

@@dannybeun948 She's *clearly* not perfect. She's married to a *traitor* to our country. Their names will go down in infamy and she'll try to escape it all in Europe.

[@dannybeun948]

@@danusdragonfly6640 at our opinion it’s about class elegance & style not about here mariage 😂

[@christy3577]

Hello dear

[@Barbie123624]

I like Michelle Obama's style in the White House I feel it's very reminiscent of Jackie Kennedy and I like to quote Michelle a lot thanks lindsay for including her in your career women portion of First Ladies of the U.S.A👚

[@salamence3266]

It really shows how you stand politically and how biased you are

[@Alex-ms9em]

Dude people are going to be biased no matter what. I think she did a great job making the video! But I don’t think there is any shame in believing what you believe.

[@selinacatherinemeyer]

You say she's politically biased, but she's Canadian and doesn't really have a bias on American politics, maybe you're just wrong

[@jocelynw6405]

Jill Biden is the most career-driven FLOTUS of them all Change My Mind. As a fellow English teacher, she has my entire support 💯👩‍🏫

[@brettlarch8050]

She’s what inspired me to get a doctorate degree someday.

[@Kerriangel]

If the worst thing that pundits could comment about her is that she’s too highly educated; you know she’s awesome.

[@piratesswoop725]

As a fellow teacher, I find her to be such an inspiration.

[@thelanktheist2626]

She’s definitely a modern woman like Mrs. Obama before her.

[@JY-vh3be]

So career driven she's letting her increasingly feeble husband out on the world stage embarrassing America.

[@Idk28-n9e]

Nice vid keep it up

[@rachelgreen4510]

Laura Bush most low-key first lady.

[@gigiotter444]

I liked her White House Christmas specials on tv!

[@badgyalc3436]

Hillary was very beautiful when she was young

[@TheMormonPower]

Hillary is the 2nd ugliest first lady, only preceded by Eleanor Roosevelt 😧