The First Ladies Who've Shaped the Presidency

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 26, 2016

This is a rebroadcast of an interview that originally aired on August 15, 2016. 

First ladies have always played a key role in public relations and communication. Political scientist Lauren Wright looks at how that role has changed over the course of our nation’s history in her book,  On Behalf of the President: Presidential Spouses and White House Communications Strategy Today. She also analyzes every documented speech made by a first lady since 1992. 

 

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