Martha Washington(1789–1797)

Abigail Adams(1797–1801)

Dolley Madison (1809–1817)

Elizabeth Monroe(1817–1825)

Louisa Adams(1825–1829)

Anna Harrison(1841)

Letitia Tyler(1841–1842)

Julia Tyler(1844–1845)

Sarah Polk(1845–1849)

Margaret Taylor(1849–1850)

Abigail Fillmore(1850–1853)

Jane Pierce(1853–1857)

Mary Lincoln(1861–1865)

Eliza Johnson(1865–1869)

Julia Grant(1869–1877)

Lucy Hayes(1877–1881)

Lucretia Garfield(1881)

Frances Cleveland(1886–1889 and 1893–1897)

Caroline Harrison(1889–1892)

Ida McKinley(1897–1901)

Edith Roosevelt(1901–1909)

Helen Taft(1909–1913)

Ellen Wilson(1913–1914)

Edith Wilson(1915–1921)

Florence Harding(1921–1923)

Grace Coolidge(1923–1929)

Lou Hoover(1929–1933)

Eleanor Roosevelt(1933–1945)

Bess Truman(1945–1953)

Mamie Eisenhower (1953–1961)

Jacqueline Kennedy(1961–1963)

Lady Bird Johnson(1963–1969)

Pat Nixon(1969–1974)

Betty Ford(1974–1977)

Rosalyn Carter(1977–1981)

Nancy Reagan(1981–1989)

Barbara Bush(1989–1993)

Hillary Clinton(1993–2001)

Laura Bush(2001–2009)

Michelle Obama(2009–2016)

Melania Trump(2017–present)

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KATHLEEN KRULLILLUSTRATED BY ANNA DIV ITO

A KIDS’ GUIDE TO

Learn more about what our country’s First Ladies thought, did, and advocated for as they moved into the White House in A Kids’ Guide to America’s First Ladies, written by Kathleen Krull and illustrated by Anna DiVito.Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Anna DiVito

Meet the fascinating women who have served as First Lady of the United States and influenced our country’s history.

Dates listed are for terms served as First Lady of the United States.