That was Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Franklin and niece of Theodore. She did not have to change her name when she married.
The term First Lady was first coined in 1860, in reference to Harriet Lane the White House hostess for her bachelor uncle, President James Buchanan. Before that the presidents wives were popularly known as "Lady ......." as in President and Lady (Washington, Maddison etc....).
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Because she is married to the president and although she herself is not elected by the American people, the wife of the President is nonetheless a figurehead and representative of our country in her own right -- thus becoming our "First Lady."
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Another term for the president's wife is the first lady.
Her first, and only, husband was Guilford Dudley.
she is the presidents wife
The wife of the Vice president
Helping out her husband.
All of them. The only president not to be married was James Buchanan, but his niece, Harriet Lane, served as First Lady.
Eleanor Roosevelt was first lady because her husband was president