lpetrich
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Now to Robert Watson on the First Ladies:
RW then rated the First Ladies by the various roles of their position.
- Active-Positive: Dolley Madison, Ellen Wilson, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford
- Active-Negative: Abigail Adams, Helen Taft, Edith Wilson, Florence Harding, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton
- Passive-Positive: Martha Jefferson, Elizabeth Monroe, Grace Coolidge, Mamie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush, Laura Bush
- Passive-Negative: Martha Washington, Bess Truman, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon
RW then rated the First Ladies by the various roles of their position.
- Public Figure and Symbol of the Presidency
- Active-Positive: Dolley Madison, Julia Tyler, Mary Todd Lincoln, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Frances Cleveland, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, Lady Bird Johnson
- Active-Negative: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Helen Taft, Florence Harding, Edith Wilson, Lou Hoover, Bess Truman, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton
- Passive-Positive: Elizabeth Monroe, Sarah Polk, Caroline Harrison, Ida McKinley, Ellen Wilson, Grace Coolidge
- Passive-Negative: Louisa Adams, Anna Harrison, Abigail Fillmore, Margaret Taylor, Letitia Tyler, Jane Pierce, Eliza Johnson, Lucretia Garfield, Edith Roosevelt
- White House Hostess and Manager
- Active-Positive: Dolley Madison, Julia Tyler, Mary Todd Lincoln, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Helen Taft, Grace Coolidge, Mamie Eisenhower, Lady Bird Johnson, Hillary Clinton
- Active-Negative: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Sarah Polk, Lucretia Garfield, Edith Roosevelt, Florence Harding, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan
- Passive-Positive: Ida McKinley, Ellen Wilson, Barbara Bush
- Passive-Negative: Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Adams, Anna Harrison, Abigail Fillmore, Margaret Taylor, Letitia Tyler, Jane Pierce, Eliza Johnson, Edith Wilson, Bess Truman
- Social Advocate
- Active-Positive: Lucy Hayes, Caroline Harrison, Ellen Wilson, Grace Coolidge, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton
- Active-Negative: Abigail Adams, Louisa Adams, Helen Taft, Florence Harding, Nancy Reagan
- Passive-Positive: Martha Washington, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Abigail Fillmore, Sarah Polk, Julia Tyler, Mary Todd Lincoln, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Frances Cleveland, Mamie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush
- Passive-Negative: Anna Harrison, Margaret Taylor, Letitia Tyler, Jane Pierce, Eliza Johnson, Lucretia Garfield, Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Edith Wilson, Bess Truman, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon
- Political and Policy Adviser/Actor
- Active-Positive: Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Abigail Fillmore, Sarah Polk, Ellen Wilson, Florence Harding, Lou Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton
- Active-Negative: Louisa Adams, Helen Taft, Edith Wilson, Bess Truman
- Passive-Positive: Martha Washington, Anna Harrison, Margaret Taylor, Julia Tyler, Mary Todd Lincoln, Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Ida McKinley, Edith Roosevelt, Grace Coolidge, Mamie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush
- Passive-Negative: Elizabeth Monroe, Letitia Tyler, Jane Pierce, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon
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