first ladies

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of first lady.
  first lady

  noun

  Often First Lady the wife of the U.S. president, or the wife of a current governor or mayor.

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first ladies

Its members included senior pastors, first ladies, evangelists, and other women with constituencies of their own that travel far in a state like Michigan.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

The film ends with shots of the White House portraits of a few first ladies, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy, and Melania Trump’s own first lady portrait photo shoot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

This is part of why Trump may have chosen this kind of project, says Katherine Jellison, a women's studies professor and expert in first ladies at Ohio University.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Some Washington watchers have praised her for what they call her independence and individualism, while others say her accomplishments fall short of previous first ladies such as Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

There is no handbook for incoming first ladies of the United States.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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