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America’s First Ladies Unite in Support of Their Shared Histories

Melania Trump, Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton join the National First Ladies Library & Museum as honorary chairs.

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Jennifer Taylor
Apr 01, 2026
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First Ladies (from left) Melania Trump, Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton unite to join the National First Ladies Library & Museum as honorary chairs.

A little more than 25 years ago, then First Lady Hillary Clinton visited the National First Ladies Library & Museum to pay tribute to the efforts made in preserving the historic home of another former presidential spouse—Ida McKinley.

At the Canton, Ohio, national historic site now operated in partnership with the National Park Service, Clinton remarked about certain artifacts of McKinley’s—an inkwell she used to pen letters—and particularly “how the role of women—and first ladies—has grown and evolved over the past century, and how much we still needed to learn about their lives, their achievements, and their aspirations.”

In another historic moment on Tuesday, the National First Ladies Library & Museum (NFLLM) announced that First Lady Melania Trump and the four living former First Ladies Jill Biden, Michelle Ob…

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