First Ladies’ RNC and DNC Appearances Strive for Substance More Than Style

First ladies & political spouses have evolved from stylish plus ones to giving speeches and even having fanbases of their own at RNCs & DNCs.

, Biden testing positive for COVID-19, and last weekend’s attempted assassination on Trump’s life, American politics is drawing extra attention. President William Howard Taft’s wife “Nellie” was said to be the first first lady to attend a political convention. In 1940, Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech at the DNC — a historic moment for a first lady — was a pivotal point in making first ladies’ voices heard.

After being introduced at the podium by the Oscar-winning actor Jimmy Stewart at the 1972 RNC, Pat Nixon, Barbara Bush, then Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates Ronald Reagan and George Bush, Nancy Reagan, stand with Betty Ford and former President Gerald Ford at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit.That statement rang true in other ways. In 1982, Reagan had revealed that she had accepted thousands of dollars’ worth of designer merchandise.

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