First ladies of action: Lou Hoover ; Lucy Hayes ; Louisa Adams ; Abigail Adams ; Anna Harrison ; martha Washington -- First ladies with a cause: Lou Hoover ; Elizabeth Monroe ; Eliza Johnson ; Julia Tyler ; Rosalynn Carter ; Betty ford ; Taft to Madison -- First lady firsts: Frances Cleveland ; Mary Todd Lincoln ; Margaret Taylor ; Abigail Fillmore ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; Grace Coolidge ; Jacqueline Kennedy ; From Martha to Hillary -- First lady challenges and controversies: Jane Pierce ; Dolley Madison ; Julia Grant ; Bess Truman ; Mary Todd Lincoln ; Mamie Eisenhower ; Nancy Reagan ; Dolley to Eleanor -- First ladies betrayed -- First ladies and the White House

1. Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Anecdotes