The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
The First Lady has a lot of power. I hope Hillary Clinton realizes that.
The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.
In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.
It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.
You can't always be a leading lady.
The First Lady is such a fascinating office to hold. You're not elected, but it's very much official. You can see the latitude of power of that office.
People don't always want to have females as leaders.
Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own.
The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.