First Lady Jill Biden to Travel to Pennsylvania and North Carolina
First Lady Jill Biden to Travel to Pennsylvania and North Carolina
Plus, Hillary Clinton receives standing ovation at the Tony Awards and Michelle Obama jumps rope in healthy beverage company campaign.
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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will make campaign stops in Pennsylvania and North Carolina with her first stop at a political event on Saturday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she is scheduled to deliver remarks, according to the Office of the First Lady. From there, Biden will travel to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to speak at another campaign event followed by another speaking stop in Philadelphia on Monday.
On Tuesday, Dr. Biden is scheduled to give remarks at a political fundraiser in Charlotte, North Carolina.
East Wing Magazine
Guest Column – It’s About Time: Lighting the Legacies of First Ladies
June 21, 2024 — In 2018, seven first ladies scholars came together to discuss the formation of the first national organization to promote the study of the lives and legacies of U.S. first ladies. They invited researchers, academics, journalists, and the interested public to join them. Not long thereafter, they convened in an initial meeting in June 2019, at the historic DuVall’s Tavern in Old Town, Alexandria just outside Washington, D.C. Diana Carlin, Myra Gutin, Anita McBride, Elizabeth Natalle, Katherine A.S. Sibley, Nancy Kegan Smith, and Molly Wertheimer became the founding members of what they decided to call the First Ladies Association for Research and Education, or FLARE.
East Wing Magazine
On This Day: FLARE Asserts the Importance of Studying Presidential First Ladies
June 21, 2024 — It wasn’t all that long ago when salient, yet casual conversations were struck among a group of seven women with distinct expertises on America’s first ladies. They talked about their shared interests in research into the iconic women in the White House. They agreed educating the general public about presidential spouses' contributions to the presidency and society was equally important. And, they felt compelled to encourage future generations to unabashedly pursue studying first ladies.
The womens’ convictions stem from the efforts of their North Star—pioneering first ladies scholar Lewis A. Gould, a political historian, who once said history that excludes first ladies and the lives of women is “a record that is limited, false and wrong.”
The conversation would continue until three years ago today when the women launched the nonprofit First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE) —the first-ever organization offering a professional network for people interested in furthering the legacies of America’s first ladies. Read more
Michelle Obama Jumps Rope in New Campaign for Her Healthy Beverage Company
June 20, 2024 — Former First Lady Michelle Obama showed off her jump roping skills on social media as part of a new campaign to promote her healthy beverage company, PLEZI Nutrition. Obama, co-founder and strategic partner of the public benefit company, helped kick off the first-ever PLEZi Absurdly Good Games–an online competition running now through July 8 that invites young people to share the absurdly good ways they stay active for a chance to win prizes, from custom PLEZi merch to $5,000 in cash.
"At PLEZi, we're on a mission to raise a healthier generation. So I'm challenging you to show us all the fun and unexpected ways you stay active—from hobby horsing to extreme pogo sticking—by participating in the PLEZi Absurdly Good Games," Obama said in the promotion.
Politico
Melania Trump Set to Host a Second Fundraiser for Log Cabin Republicans Next Month
June 18, 2024 — Melania Trump is set to host a fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans in her residence at Trump Tower in New York next month—her second for the group during the 2024 campaign.
The former first lady is listed as the headliner of a July 8 for “the nation’s largest Republican organization dedicated to representing LGBT conservatives and allies,” according to a copy of the invitation obtained by POLITICO. Read more
Arizona Daily Sun
First Lady Jill Biden Makes Campaign Stop in Flagstaff, Speaking at Pride in the Pines Saturday
June 17, 2024 — As thousands of Flagstaff residents celebrated LGBTQ+ communities during Pride Month at Thorpe Park through the weekend, First Lady Jill Biden made a visit to Flagstaff and spoke at the event. Biden’s speech at the Pride in the Pines festival lasted about eight minutes as she spoke about growing threats to the LGBTQ+ community, and to democracy as a whole, posed by conservative and Republican politicians. Read more
ABC News
Barack Obama Says Michelle Told Their Daughters to Avoid a Career in Politics
June 17, 2024 — At a star-studded fundraiser for President Joe Biden in Los Angeles on Saturday, former President Barack Obama was posed the question and revealed whether his beloved daughters would ever follow in their father's footsteps into politics. "That is a question I do not need to answer because [former first lady] Michelle [Obama] drilled into them so early that you would be crazy to go into politics. It will never happen," the 62-year-old dad of two said. Read more
C-SPAN Classroom
Creation of the Office of the First Lady
June 17, 2024 — Authors Anita McBride, Nancy Kegan Smith and Diana Carlin talked about the creation of the Office of the First Lady, communications and how it evolved over time. View here
Politico
Hillary Clinton Greeted With Ovation at Tony Awards
June 15, 2024 — Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton received a standing ovation Sunday night when she introduced a musical number from “Suffs” at Broadway’s annual Tony Awards.
“I have stood on a lot of stages, but this is very special,” Clinton told the surprised audience at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City, then added: “I know a little bit about how hard it is make change.” Read more
NBC News
Jill Biden Reacts to Hunter Biden's Conviction
June 15, 2024 — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden discussed Hunter Biden’s trial with NBC News during a campaign swing Saturday, the first time she has commented on his conviction after he was found guilty on three felony gun-related charges. Biden said the trial marked “a tough week for my family,” explaining that they “had to relive ... the tough times.” Read more
NBC Montana
Watch: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits Reno for 'Seniors for Biden' Event
June 15, 2024 — First Lady Dr. Jill Biden made a stop in Reno on Friday, accompanied by actress Jane Fonda.
The event was part of the national launch of "Seniors for Biden-Harris," a program aiming to engage senior voters across the United States to reelect President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. View here