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The most educated First Lady (Original Post) syringis Jun 2018 OP
"The More You Know" oasis Jun 2018 #1
Love Michelle. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2018 #2
Well my dear Syringis, that may count in some countries ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #3
Doesn't Hillary give her a run for the money? dhol82 Jun 2018 #4
They both are 'most' grantcart Jun 2018 #6
Also, most Ivies (including Princeton) didn't admit women when Clinton was entering college as an deurbano Jun 2018 #22
Exactly right. Both women are superior, brilliant people, and have overcome spooky3 Jun 2018 #34
That's why they are both so reviled by the Deplorables. HRC and Michelle Obama are a threat to deurbano Jun 2018 #38
But...but...but... Cheviteau Jun 2018 #40
And don't forget those emails...! GetRidOfThem Jun 2018 #50
Yes. GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #8
Actually, Wellesley, but who is counting? dhol82 Jun 2018 #9
Yep. My bad. GoCubsGo Jun 2018 #13
And was the student speaker at her graduation from xmas74 Jun 2018 #15
Yeah, I was gonna say - what's Hillary's law degree, chopped liver?? RandomAccess Jun 2018 #52
Obama/Biden was the highest educated team in history, all 4 had post graduate degrees grantcart Jun 2018 #5
Er, Obama/Biden! unblock Jun 2018 #7
Serves me right for posting on 100 degree weather after a walk. Thanks grantcart Jun 2018 #10
Don't forget, Jill Biden has a Doctoral degree in Education! lastlib Jun 2018 #21
Jill Biden is an amazing person IrishEyes Jun 2018 #25
Clinton/Gore was also highly educated. nt spooky3 Jun 2018 #35
Tipper Gore has two degrees. N/T LisaM Jun 2018 #53
Thanks for the Reminder, syringis! Cha Jun 2018 #11
Bernie doesn't get it njhoneybadger Jun 2018 #18
That's right, njhb Cha Jun 2018 #20
The BEST First Lady.....EVER! ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2018 #12
Melania says, "I'm smart. Not like everybody says,like dumb. I'm smart and I want respect njhoneybadger Jun 2018 #14
Funny... Docreed2003 Jun 2018 #29
But Melania Claimed a Degree In Architecture, a Word I Doubt She Can Spell! DoctorJoJo Jun 2018 #16
Sure flotsam Jun 2018 #17
Melania was smuggled in under a Genius Visa?! democratisphere Jun 2018 #26
Hi Democratisphere syringis Jun 2018 #28
The broken English is part of her act for the "show". democratisphere Jun 2018 #37
Thank you very much dear syringis Jun 2018 #41
Not to mention that Scarsdale Jun 2018 #42
Those remarks are insulting and unnecessary. Nt Shipwack Jun 2018 #43
Have you ever read Scarsdale Jun 2018 #54
K& R!!!! LAS14 Jun 2018 #19
DAMMIT, syringis! calimary Jun 2018 #23
Hi Calimary, a larger pic of the kangaroo syringis Jun 2018 #27
Can you post a large photo of the - what? Antelope? calimary Jun 2018 #30
Just ask syringis Jun 2018 #31
I'm dyin' here! calimary Jun 2018 #44
So far, there have been three First Ladies to earn postgraduate degrees. IrishEyes Jun 2018 #24
thank you! nt spooky3 Jun 2018 #36
Is this some knock on Hillary? Why would you call out Michelle's race??nt MadDAsHell Jun 2018 #32
Hi MadDasHell syringis Jun 2018 #33
And she never once had to remind us defacto7 Jun 2018 #39
Isn't obvious? The wrong sex is running the country and the world for that matter. olegramps Jun 2018 #45
Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter... FiveGoodMen Jun 2018 #46
If they ran for office, how do you think they would fare? olegramps Jun 2018 #55
Not to nit pick, but Hillary's the most educated first lady in history.. stuffmatters Jun 2018 #47
I would kiss her if I could. flying_wahini Jun 2018 #48
Hillary is at the same level, I think. They are both accomplished and brilliant. nt tblue37 Jun 2018 #49
Thanks Obama! tazkcmo Jun 2018 #51

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. Well my dear Syringis, that may count in some countries
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 10:02 PM
Jun 2018

but over here the majority party hates education. We are an idiocracy. Please take heed and do not let this happen in other countries.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
4. Doesn't Hillary give her a run for the money?
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 10:08 PM
Jun 2018

Not sure but it seems that they both have bachelors degrees and law degrees.
Is there something else?

deurbano

(2,895 posts)
22. Also, most Ivies (including Princeton) didn't admit women when Clinton was entering college as an
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 11:28 PM
Jun 2018

undergraduate.

spooky3

(34,472 posts)
34. Exactly right. Both women are superior, brilliant people, and have overcome
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:00 PM
Jun 2018

unfair discrimination.

deurbano

(2,895 posts)
38. That's why they are both so reviled by the Deplorables. HRC and Michelle Obama are a threat to
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:50 PM
Jun 2018

their whole way of "thinking"...

Cheviteau

(383 posts)
40. But...but...but...
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 03:10 PM
Jun 2018

quotas !! And also Benghazi. (Benghazi) has nothing to do with the education of FLOUS, but it's against the law to mention Hillary Clinton sans Benghazi.

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
50. And don't forget those emails...!
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 08:31 PM
Jun 2018

I find it ironic that Agent Orange is using an unsecured personal cell phone....

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
25. Jill Biden is an amazing person
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:59 AM
Jun 2018

She has earned

A Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delaware
A Master of Education with a specialty in Reading from West Chester University
A Master of Arts degree in English from Villanova University
A Doctor of Education in educational leadership from the University of Delaware (which she earned at age 55)

She is also the first Second Lady to hold a paying job while her husband was Vice President. She worked as an associate professor at Northern Virginia Community College teaching three English and writing composition courses two days per week. Her position there was as normal as she could make it, sharing a cubicle with another teacher, holding regular office hours for students, and trying to get her accompanying Secret Service agents to dress as unobtrusively as possible.

spooky3

(34,472 posts)
35. Clinton/Gore was also highly educated. nt
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:01 PM
Jun 2018

It's no coincidence that "our side" is stronger on this point.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,789 posts)
12. The BEST First Lady.....EVER!
Tue Jun 12, 2018, 10:13 PM
Jun 2018


Since Eleanore Roosevelt. Big shoes for any First Lady after Michelle Obama to fill.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
26. Melania was smuggled in under a Genius Visa?!
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:08 AM
Jun 2018

After 20 years the Genius still struggles with the English language.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
28. Hi Democratisphere
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 03:51 AM
Jun 2018

I'm not the most qualified critic, but not expressing oneself properly after 20 years full immersion, shows little willingness to learn.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
37. The broken English is part of her act for the "show".
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:45 PM
Jun 2018

Always appreciate your OPs and comments syringis! The best!


syringis

(5,101 posts)
41. Thank you very much dear
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 03:34 PM
Jun 2018


You mean, she does it on purpose ?

It is true some public figures cultivate a foreign accent as a distinctive mark.

They often do so through a teacher. Apart from that, they express themselves correctly, in compliance with grammar rules.

I don't see Melania Trump's point in slaughtering English?

Of course, if her husband coaches her, I get it better...

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
42. Not to mention that
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 03:50 PM
Jun 2018

Melanie is the only first "lady" with naked photos all over the internet! She has a build like a 14 year old boy, with tiny boobs, until he bought her bigger ones. Her face lifts are admirable, too.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
54. Have you ever read
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 06:56 AM
Jun 2018

what "remarks" are said about Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama? THOSE are insulting. Mrs. tRump is a gold digger, quite obviously. She has discovered money can not buy happiness, and looks miserable all the time. The naked photos are available for all to see. She HAS had cosmetic surgery. Truth hurts, eh? Phony president, phony wife, phony administration full of frauds.

calimary

(81,452 posts)
30. Can you post a large photo of the - what? Antelope?
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 12:34 PM
Jun 2018

Those EARS! OMG! I'm dyin' here!



How the hell did whoever took this photo/vid/whatever hold the camera steady? I would have thoroughly messed up the shot, too busy laughing. I guess a tripod or something?

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
24. So far, there have been three First Ladies to earn postgraduate degrees.
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:41 AM
Jun 2018

Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama.

Here are the other First Ladies with education beyond high school.

1. Lucy webb Hayes - She received a degree in liberal arts from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College

2. Lucretia Garfield - Hiram College which was then known as Western Reserve Eclectic Institute. She studied all of the classics, and learned to speak Greek, Latin, French, and German. Additionally, she studied science, biology, math, history, and philosophy.

3. Frances Cleveland - Wells College

4. Caroline Harrison - Oxford Female Institute which was later subsumed into Miami University campus. Her father was a science professor who opened the all-female institute himself. She studied English literature, theater, art, and painting. In her senior year, she joined the faculty as an Assistant in Piano Music. Her mother Mary Neal Scott joined the school as its matron and the Head of Home Economics.

5. Helen Herron Taft - Studied German and history at Miami University. She later studied music at the University of Cincinnati

6. Florence Harding - Studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music until her father pulled her out because he didn't like her companions

7. Grace Coolidge - University of Vermont. The first First Lady to have earned a four-year undergraduate degree

8. Lou Henry Hoover - BA in Geology from Stanford University. She was the only female geology major at Stanford University when she enrolled. She made extensive study of languages including Latin, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, German, Italian and French. She is the only First Lady to have spoken an Asian language

9. Jackie Kennedy - Vassar College but she later transferred to George Washington University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French literature. She also took continuing education classes in American history at Georgetown University.

10. Lady Bird Johnson - University of Texas. She graduated with a degree in history in 1933, and a degree in Journalism in 1934. She also got a certificate in teaching.

11. Pat Nixon - University of Southern California. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in merchandising, together with a certificate to teach at the high school level, which USC deemed equivalent to a Master's degree.

12. Rosalynn Carter - Georgia Southwestern College but later dropped out due to lack of money and also because of obligations to her mother and siblings. Her father died when she was 13. His dream was to see her go to college.

13. Nancy Reagan - BA in English and drama from Smith College

14. Barbara Bush - briefly attended Smith College but dropped out freshman year to marry Bush

15. Hillary Rodham Clinton - BA degree with departmental honors in political science from Wellesley College. She earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Yale law school

16. Laura Bush - BS degree in Education form Southern Methodist University. Master of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Texas at Austin

17. Michelle Obama - Majored in sociology and minored in African-American studies, graduating cum laude with a BA at Princeton University. She earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Harvard Law School.

18. Melania Trump - Studied architecture and design at the University of Ljubljana for one year before she dropped out.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
33. Hi MadDasHell
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 01:48 PM
Jun 2018

This is not at all a knock on Hillary.

The aim is to denounce racism and the far-fetched idea of skin color as determining an individual's abilities.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
45. Isn't obvious? The wrong sex is running the country and the world for that matter.
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 04:23 PM
Jun 2018

Isn't it about time for some sanity? Let's admit it guys our track record stinks. Now we have some manic in the White House who actually believes that he is a brilliant leader. So did Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. How did that work out? I am afraid that this will have a similar distasteful ending.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
55. If they ran for office, how do you think they would fare?
Thu Jun 14, 2018, 02:35 PM
Jun 2018

I don't regard them as normal. More in the same category as gangster's molls. For the much greater part the women elected to congress have performed well and have demonstrated that they are at least open to civil discussions and compromise. Of course there are exceptions. Look at Trumps cabinet. A women in any position would be am improvement.

stuffmatters

(2,574 posts)
47. Not to nit pick, but Hillary's the most educated first lady in history..
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 07:13 PM
Jun 2018

A summa cum laude from Seven Sisters (Princeton did not admit women in 1965) and a law degree from Yale,the most respected, most competetive law school in the US in 1969 to 1972....(a small class even of men compared to Harvard with maybe a handful of women allowed in back then.)Michelle's wonderful & her education outstanding. But Hillary simply a superstar for a woman in the sixties.

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