“…Scholarly interest in presidential spouses is still young (for a review, see Stooksbury & Edgemon, ; Watson, ). To date, such work has mainly focused on three areas: the individual First Lady and her role (e.g., Borelli, ), the political influence they might exert within the White House (e.g., O'Connor, Nye, & van Assendelf, ), and public opinion about the formal and informal construct of the office (e.g., Burrell, Elder, & Frederick, ).…”