She even has a little "mini Memorial" within FDR's.


I can't argue with Eleanor being ranked first. I don't know enough to argue the rankings of any of them, but I do love that four of the top six are Democrats (and the other two are from so long ago that the current political parties did not exist).



P.S. I love the FDR memorial. Clearly my favorite. It also has a life size image of him (besides a larger than life one) and a statue of his dog Fala. Very different from all the huge, dehumanizing monuments that dominate the National Mall.

I think they may actually have been collections of her writings. Wonderful.

Hands down, bar none. Sorry Hillary, Michelle, Rosalynn, but it's TRUE!

Even as a child her mother and grandmother were cold and dismissive of her. I believe that is where she got her empathy from-as a reaction to them.

She was much more gifted than her husband, who is my favorite President.

as a politician and people-connector. He could win elections--no minor set of talents. But she was much more progressive than he was and her pressure on him made him become our greatest President.

Their gifts together were a perfect storm of saving the country. And not sure we'd have Social Security without her.

Our worst first lady without a doubt was Nancy Reagan.
She turned a Democrat into......Reagan.
Will we ever recover?

From the start, she seemed to set the tone for so much of what the 80's were about -- the conspicuous consumption, the mindless adulation of that bumbling old fool. She left a nasty stain on that position. I hope we never have another like her.

...from a Union member and spokesman for the working man into a Republican. She was the shadow president.

and think Kennedy likely doesn't.

Depends on the standards one uses, I guess, and without knowing this, its hard to tell.

C-SPAN has had a First Ladies feature, and shows there's a lot to learn about all of them.

Edit: C-SPAN tonight: Michelle Obama

for her earnest support of the Civil Rights Act alone. Her beautification programs, likewise, were incredibly important at the time.

Probably would move Ford up the list as well.

the train trip she took through the South just after the Civil Right's act of 64 was amazingly courageous.

That has to be a slap in the face for Hillary to be ranked below Jackie.

She even beats Jacqueline Kennedy on that count, and beats Jackie hands down. Michelle Obama also wins first prize for the most fit First Lady.