Why Do We Call a President’s Wife “First Lady”?
Presidents have had a lot of titles and nicknames, but the wife of every president has one common honorific. Why do we call her “first lady”?
Presidents have had a lot of titles and nicknames, but the wife of every president has one common honorific. Why do we call her “first lady”?
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