Ivanka Trump is not the first presidential daughter to have an active role in the White House. Other daughters, such as Anna Roosevelt and Margaret Wilson, have also taken on important duties and advocated for women’s suffrage. Martha Jefferson Randolph assumed the role of First Lady after her mother’s death, while Alice Roosevelt represented her father on a diplomatic tour. Maureen Reagan was an advocate for women’s issues and co-chaired the Republican National Committee.
Despite her high profile, Ivanka Trump is far from the first presidential daughter to take an active role in the White House. Anna Roosevelt, for example, helped her father, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when the president’s relationship with his wife, Eleanor, became strained. Anna coordinated her father’s social calendar and even accompanied him to the Yalta Conference in 1945, where FDR met with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. Another presidential daughter, Margaret Wilson, assumed the duties of First Lady when Woodrow Wilson’s first wife died in 1913. Margaret and her three sisters lobbied the President for women’s suffrage and the 19th Amendment.
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Likewise, Martha Jefferson Randolph assumed the duties of First Lady during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson after his wife’s death. In 1806 she gave birth to the first child born in the White House.
Alice Roosevelt represented her father, Theodore Roosevelt, on a diplomatic tour of five Asian countries in 1905, coinciding with the president brokering peace between Japan and Russia.
Maureen Reagan lived in the White House during her father’s presidency and was an advocate for women’s issues. She has also been active in politics, co-chairing the Republican National Committee.
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