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1. Which first lady fled the White House with Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington under one arm and a copy of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence in her other hand?
2. Which first lady always wore sensibly tailored suits, flowered hats, and loved reading detective stories?
3. Which first lady set her table with unmatched dishes and sometimes served scrambled eggs at White House lunches?
4. Which first lady was seriously critized for wearing expensive gowns and going over budget in redocorating the White House?
5. Whose wife was known as 'Lemonade Lucy' because she refused to allow alcohol in the White House?
6. Which first lady loved to stay in bed till noon talking on the telephone to friends and was nicknamed by White House maids 'Sleeping Beauty'?
7. What first lady was an attorney?
8. Which first lady selected 'Hail to the Chief' as the song to be played to announce the appearence of the president?
9. Even though he was considered a very frugal one this presidents favorite hobby was buying expensive clothes for his beautiful wife. He forbid her to wear casual clothes. Who was that first lady?
10. Which first lady was called 'An American Jezebel', 'a covered adultress', and 'a profligate woman' because the man who she was previously married to had delayed signing the divorce?
11. Which first lady, who was a dancer in her youth, was also honest enough to reveal that she had cancer and later confessed to dependency on drugs and alcohol and had a rehabilitation center named for her?
12. She had a Quaker background but loved to dress in fancy clothes, never went anywhere without her snuff box, and was known as a charming hostess. Many said without her, her husband would have been a one term president. Who was she?
13. Helen Thomas, well known White House reporter, said of her she was 'the warmest first lady I covered and the one who loved the people the most'?
14. She was a divorced woman, deserted by her playboy husband, when she married her 25 year old husband. Her husband became a senator and she enjoyed the social life that position provided. She was sixty when her husband was elected president. Tactless and overbearing she has been caled 'The worst first lady '. Who was she?
15. When she became first lady she brought 6 children and a menagerie of pets ranging from ponies to rats. She oversaw a complete renovation of the White House. She entertained with elegance and good taste. Her guests included artists and classical musicians of the day. Who was she?
16. She and her husband gave thousands of dollars of their own money to the poor people who wrote telling of their poverty. She personally served coffee and sandwiches to veterans who marched in Washington. Who was she?
17. She made no effort to change her image, she was her own person. She was a mother of 5 and a grandmother to 10. She had a somewhat sharp tongue and was asked by her husband not to ridicule him in public. Yet she was the women who focused on issues related to children. She was admired by all who knew her. Who was she?
18. Which two presidents had two first ladies?
19. At one time she was circulation manager for a newspaper. Who was she?
20. What first lady never occupied the White House?
21. Who was the second former first lady to remarry after her husband's death?
22. Who ran a radio station?
23. Who initiated the inaugural ball?
24. Who once taught at a school for the deaf?
25. Which first lady only wore black?
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