America's First Ladies

There have been a lot of "Lunch and Learn" sessions this year. And I love to go -- and I always learn something. Last month, the topic was "America's First Ladies".

Their lunches take place at the very elegant, old-school "Outing Club"...where the Davenport elite class used to have their cotillion's...

Just going to the Outing Club is a very big deal....even though, clearly, the Outing Club is from a time gone by....and I'm sure the shrinking membership is why they've opened it up to Commuity College events...

But they have a resident "chef" -- and the food is always excellent.  The crystal chandeliers add to the ambiance

And this topic was of particular interest to me.

I didn't get a good picture -- but the speaker was the same Actress/Historian who last year did the Schuyler Sisters Event.  AND she also did the Louisa May Alcott luncheon.

So -- the ranking of the most influential First Ladies:

#5 -- Michelle Obama

#4 -- Abigale Adams

#3 -- Jackie Kennedy

#2 -- Dolly Madison

#1 -- By a wide, wide margin, and by any measure -- the woman who is considered to be more influential than all the other first ladies in the history of the country --

Eleanor Roosevelt