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Question 1 of 5 Which first lady was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after becoming first lady? She then became a tireless advocate for the cause.

Nancy Reagan
Betty Ford
Barbara Bush
Pat Nixon

Question 2 of 5 Which first lady started a White House Library?

Dolley Madison
Louisa Adams
Abigail Filmore
Elizabeth Monroe

Question 3 of 5 Which first lady was the first to hire a social secretary?

Jacqueline Kennedy
Florence Harding
Edith Roosevelt
Bess Truman

Question 4 of 5 Which of the following was NOT a first lady?

Ida McKinley
Lucy Ware Hayes
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Ellen Arthur

Question 5 of 5 Who was the only first lady born in a foreign country?

Martha Washington
Letitia Tyler
Rosalynn Carter
Louisa Adams

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