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and educating the public about the lives and legacies of America’s first ladies.)

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Smithsonian Scholars Select Remember the First Ladies as a Best Book of 2024

Smithsonian Scholars Select Remember the First Ladies as a Best Book of 2024

Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women by FLARE founding members Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride, and Nancy Kegan Smith was selected by Smithsonian Scholars as a best book of 2024.More Info >
FLARE Board Election Results

FLARE Board Election Results

Thank you to everyone who participated in the board election. I am pleased to announce that Anita McBride and Katherine Sibley were elected for a second three-year term and Nichola Gutgold was elected for an initial 3-year term. The terms will begin on January 1, 2025.

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First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE) Announces Allida Black, Ph.D., as the 2024 Lewis L. Gould Award Recipient

First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE) Announces Allida Black, Ph.D., as the 2024 Lewis L. Gould Award Recipient

Allida Black, Ph.D., today received the 2024 Lewis L. Gould Award. She is a Distinguished Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute of the University of Oxford, Special Adviser and Historian to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Managing Director of the Allenswood Group, LLC, a collaborative she founded to strengthen democracy through education and civic engagement and to preserve women’s political history.

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FLARE Members in the News

Rebecca Boggs Roberts

Diana B. Carlin

Anita B. McBride

Lisa McCubbin Hill

Elizabeth J. Natalle

Barbara Perry

Nancy Kegan Smith

Molly Meijer Wertheimer


Previously Featured FLARE Members

Rebecca Boggs Roberts

January 2024 FLARE Members in the News

FLARE's First National Conference

On This Day: FLARE Asserts the Importance of Studying Presidential First Ladies

Catherine Allgor

Myra G. Gutin, Ph.D.

Dr. Tammy R. Vigil