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10 First Ladies’ Careers Before And After Living In The White House

We hear a lot about what First Ladies do when they live in the White House, but what did they do before they moved in and what do they do after? Below, a selection of the last 10 First Ladies’ occupations, which include a lot of volunteering and creating foundations.

Jacqueline Kennedy
Before: “Inquiring Camera Girl” for the Washington Times-Herald
After: Editor at Viking Press and Doubleday; worked to create the John F. Kennedy Library; led a public information campaign to save New York’s Grand Central Station Keep reading »

July 12 Was A Big Day For Women In ’84

On this day in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale announced that Geraldine Ferraro would be his running-mate. Geraldine was the first female vice presidential candidate in U.S. history. Isn’t it sad that more than 20 years later, we still haven’t had a woman in that job? [History.com] Keep reading »