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American presidents have shaped the span of global affairs for years. But as the saying should go, behind every great man which great woman. As the first girls often remain overshadowed by their husbands, some have carved unique niche categories in their time and remaining their own lasting legacy. Dolley Madison helped establish the role of the first lady in the early 1800s, Eleanor Roosevelt provided voice to plan issues in a manner that made her a forerunner of first girls like Hillary Clinton, and Jackie Kennedy created glamorous developments that made her popular than her partner. In Charles River Editors' First Gals series, listeners can get swept up on the lives and legacies of America's most well-known first girls in enough time it takes to complete a commute. Plus they can do this while learning interesting facts long overlooked or never known. Following the Constitution was ratified, George Washington gone about establishing all the precedents for the role of the presidency, building traditions like the Pantry. However the role of being the first lady of the United States was defined by the partner of the 4th leader. James Madison may have been the daddy of the Constitution, but his partner Dolley basically defined the responsibilities and customs of being the president's partner. Dolley had dished up as a casual first lady for the widowed Thomas Jefferson. But when her husband came into the White House in 1809, Dolley gone about furnishing the White House to such an extent that a lot of the style and items she select were still set up when Mary Todd Lincoln became the First Girl in 1861. Dolley also became a folk hero of sorts, and the guts of a brilliant legend that acquired her keeping Gilbert Stuart's precious painting of George Washington just prior to the British while her partner was denigrated for fleeing as Washington D.C. was burned up.
