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06/20/2025
Should the first lady receive a Salary? Annette Dunlap & Jennifer Taylor Explore the Question in Podcast Interview
FLARE members Annette Dunlap and Jennifer Taylor explore a question most first ladies scholars are asked: "Should the first lady receive a salary?"
The United States is a year away from celebrating its 250th anniversary and as far as presidential first ladies are concerned, a lot has changed while much has stayed the same. The role of first lady remains a service-oriented, voluntary position with impactful political consequence. Annette Dunlap, the author of two first ladies biographies on Frances Folsom Cleveland and Lou Henry Hoover speaks with Jennifer Taylor, editor and founder of East Wing Magazine, on her guest column Should We Pay the First Lady? raising thought-provoking questions about women, work and parity.
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