• fishos@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    In fairness, the Second Lady has traditionally taken on various projects, although usually of a kids/education/health/humanitarian angle. Nancy Reagan was particularly well known for her various causes. Michelle Obama was advocating child literacy and healthy lifestyle I believe.

    Not defending her at all, but I think it’s important to keep our facts and histories straight.

    Edit: I dunno what I was thinking. Those are all First Ladies. You’re right, I can’t think of shit a single second lady has done, or even who any of them are. I retract my point.

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      5 days ago

      Nancy and Michelle were first ladies. Second ladies are the wives of VPs. And I’ll be honest, I couldn’t tell the names of any second ladies through my life, mostly because they usually don’t make the news.

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      4 days ago

      Last one wasn’t even a lady - I don’t remember Doug being in the news until the 2024 campaign, although Wikipedia lists plenty of things he did in the role.