Every First Lady in American History
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Mr. Beat goes through the accomplishments and legacies of every single First Lady in American history.
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0:00 Introduction
0:13 First Lady of the United States
2:25 Martha Washington (1789-1797)
2:47 Abigail Adams (1791-1801)
4:22 Elizabeth Monroe (1817-1825)
5:46 Emily Donelson
6:01 Petticoat affair
6:52 Abraham Van Buren
7:17 Anna Harrison (1841)
7:46 Letitia Tyler (1841-1842)
8:24 Julia Tyler
8:53 Sarah Polk
9:31 Margaret Taylor (1849-1850)
10:07 Abigail Fillmore (1850-1853)
11:00 Jane Pierce (1853-1857)
11:53 Harriet Lane (1857-1861)
12:29 Mary Todd Lincoln (1861-1865)
12:59 Eliza Johnson (1865-1869)
13:24 Julia Grant (1869-1877)
14:01 Lucy Hayes (1877-1881)
14:37 Lucretia Garfield (1881)
16:07 Rose Cleveland
17:28 Caroline Harrison (1889-1893)
18:05 Ida McKinley (1897-1901)
18:36 Edith Roosevelt (1901-1909)
19:16 Cecil Spring Rice
19:27 Helen Taft (1909-1913)
20:21 Ellen Wilson (1913-1914)
21:14 Edith Wilson (1915-1921)
22:22 Florence Harding (1921-1923)
23:02 Grace Coolidge (1923-1929)
23:34 Lou Hoover (1929-1933)
23:51 Eleanor Roosevelt (1933-1945)
25:21 Elizabeth Truman (1945-1953)
25:44 Mamie Eisenhower (1953-1961)
27:13 Claudia Johnson (1963-1969)
27:30 Pat Nixon
28:30 Betty Ford (1974-1977)
30:08 Barbara Bush (1989-1993)
31:38 Laura Bush (2001-2009)
32:08 Michelle Obama (2009-2017)
32:51 Melania Trump (2017-2021)
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Who is your favorite First Lady? Which of these First Ladies should I make a video about? And a shout out to MY first ladies, Mrs. Beat and my daughters, for helping me make this video. Also, obligatory sponsorship information: Visit squarespace.com/mrbeat to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code mrbeat Errors in the video: I accidentally said that JFK was assassinated on 11/21/63 instead of 11/22/63. There's a typo on the Abigail Adams picture. She was in the White House beginning in 1797, not 1791.
@ron6285 2 жыл бұрын
Eleanor Roosevelt mr beat
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
@Ahmad Hijaz Me too
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
@@ron6285 Me too
@alfonsocamargo433 2 жыл бұрын
Grace Coolidge
@jacobhayes250 2 жыл бұрын
Nancy reagan
@MadMike1 2 жыл бұрын
This guy is the most teacher looking teacher to ever teacher.
@dianedildine5669 2 жыл бұрын
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@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
I finally made it to the status of stereotype
@katlyndobransky2419 2 жыл бұрын
He is the teachiest of teachers
@raynemichelle2996 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat I have always thought you fit the role perfectly
@goats613 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat sup dude :D
@nickfisher8569 2 жыл бұрын
I would like to suggest an addition to this series: what every president did after their presidency
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
That one's on my list already. :)
@nickfisher8569 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat I also had another one which is what every president liked to do in their free time
@justisolated5621 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat maybe do what was every president's job before becoming president
@beavercontrol1743 2 жыл бұрын
@@justisolated5621 maybe before they were a politician, because a lot of presidents were just governors and senators
@mongoose1billion 2 жыл бұрын
Truman's post presidential bankruptcy would be a fun sub-topic to discuss as part of that.
@SANDYMILLER23 2 жыл бұрын
Betty Ford. She was fearless. She has saved millions of lives by admitting she had breast cancer and drug dependency. She is and was truly amazing.
@ur._.localneptune Жыл бұрын
Yes 🙌 Betty Ford was amazing! Also my favorite president is Gerald Ford because he was born exactly 100 years and 4 days before me, and y know, Watergate
@cajayson8301 Жыл бұрын
I love Betty Ford. She's definitely saved so many people.
@carolynambrose8194 Жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@Whiteman2.0 10 ай бұрын
@@ur._.localneptune 18 July 2013?
@ur._.localneptune 10 ай бұрын
@@Whiteman2.0 17th, but yeah.
@pom2704 2 жыл бұрын
You really gotta feel for Jackie Kennedy she had experienced the most terrible losses so close to one another and john’s death happened so quickly she was still stained with his blood while funeral procedures were being carried out
@glen7137 2 жыл бұрын
I love your profile picture
@cocoaorange1 Жыл бұрын
They could have let her change her clothes.
@ladavidson9269 Жыл бұрын
@Ila Hilda Sissac Jackie did NOT WANT to change clothes. She was making a Statement
@jesscontrino3354 Жыл бұрын
Weston
@jesscontrino3354 Жыл бұрын
Get married get married
@JJMcCullough 2 жыл бұрын
I once listened to a podcast with a historian who had studied the Polks, and she said that Sarah Polk was the most insufferably self-righteous and holier-than-thou woman in American history. The two of them were incredibly convinced of their own moral goodness.
@4mid1 2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos
@obey2263 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, nice to see you here jj mccullough
@ChristopherRodriguez-bm8rw 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Canadian friend
@distantsalutations9120 2 жыл бұрын
Hello John James
@sarasamaletdin4574 2 жыл бұрын
It’s not like historian would have met them. In any case people can still accomplish things even if their personalities were annoying.
@noncreativeguy7284 2 жыл бұрын
When Kennedy was assassinated, my grandmother sent a letter to Jackie and got a handwritten letter and card sent back. She still has it today!
@cheneethompson5756 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing!
@tonydiesel3444 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody died that day it was a psyop they are Carter now JFK is Carter
@lorebay2593 Жыл бұрын
Ask her to give it to you before she leaves earth, hold on to it until you become a grandma them pass it on it will be a valuable piece you can auction it off to a private collector of Kennedy memorabilia, or sell it to Sotheby’s or Smithsonian.
@charity2275 Жыл бұрын
@@lorebay2593 ". . .leaves earth?" When people die, they are BURIED IN THE EARTH. Or cremated. But they don't leave this planet until Jesus returns and raises the dead. THE BIBLE IS CLEAR about the state of the dead.
@lorebay2593 Жыл бұрын
@@charity2275 yes, leave. Your body of flesh goes into the coffin, ground or masoleum, tomb whatever you call it, but the spirit of a person leaves at the point of death, the spirit/soul of who you are is not in the body but has gone asleep at rest in the LORD if that is where your trust lie. Those who die without the LORD, who hate GOD and reject the LORD will go to Hell and exist in burning until the second death spoken of in Revelation, judged and sent into eternity. When the LORD returns bodies will be raised and we whom are yet alive will meet the LORD in the air. I do trust that believers who died in the LORD will be with Him. Anyway we will not know the details of exactly what actually happens until we make the transition ourselves.
@angelcastaneda529 6 ай бұрын
I still love the fact you did this video Mr. Beat. Mrs. Carter has sadly passed away, what an amazing American love story 🇺🇸
@tazinboor3913 6 ай бұрын
Yeah, it was shocking to find out about that last week when it had just happened about 3 days ago at that point. R.I.P Rosalynn Carter.
@JeanetteFaith 5 ай бұрын
The Carters were the last truly Moral Couple at the WH.
@mariekesslerkaminski4685 Жыл бұрын
My favorite story about Eleanor Roosevelt is that she and Amelia Earhart once ditched a WH party to Fly Amelia’s plane around the DMV… but I would also say that Jackie Kennedy’s best moment was the absolute strength she showed after her son and then, shortly after, her husbands death considering there wasn’t much of a formal plan in place
@robertpizor577 2 жыл бұрын
Gotta list some of my favs right here: 1) Jackie Kennedy - in addition to the grace and dignity after the assassination, also an incredible diplomat. Well worth her own solo vid in my estimation 2) Eleanor Roosevelt - enough said. 3) Louisa Adams - read a biography of her recently and find her to be criminally underrated. 4) Jane Pierce - what a comeback after all the loss and tragedy she experienced! 5) Lucretia Garfield - fighting for equal pay while tending her wounded husband = queen. 6) Ida McKinley - admire anyone who has to cope with the stress of being a first lady while battling a disability. 7) Pat Nixon - maintained dignity and class through all that Nixon put her through. 8) Grace Coolidge - so cool on a personality level. Would love to hang out with her. She'd be a blast. 9) Lou Hoover - love a polyglot. 10) Rosalynn Carter - humanitarian work is always a bonus for me. All would be worth a solo vid, but my pick would be Jackie.
@icequeen832 2 жыл бұрын
I agree Jackie is got to be my favorite First Lady. When I was 9 years old my teacher give us a paper (like a paragraph) about Jackie and when first see her style and everything she done I was amaze and that is how she became my favorite First Lady (and jfk is my favorite President)
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Great list there, and thanks for the suggestion for the video.
@robertpizor577 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat Thanks for the compliment, and you're welcome for the suggestion!
@jeremyguinea3553 2 жыл бұрын
So are we not gonna talk about Michelle Obama? She was the best First Lady in American History. Most influential, changed many peoples lives for better, awesome person, etc.
@robertpizor577 2 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyguinea3553 I do like Michelle, but I tried to keep it to first ladies who were in office from before I was born to avoid any political controversy, but yes, Michelle is my favorite first lady from my lifetime.
@chrisnemec5644 2 жыл бұрын
TBH, the vast majority of these women deserve their own videos. Many of them carried the tacit duty of being a shining example to young women out there with style and grace.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@jeremyguinea3553 2 жыл бұрын
Bruh what??? Ehh idk man seems like a lame idea except I guess you could do it on few of them but definitely NOT all of them. 🤷♂️
@vajrayoga 9 ай бұрын
melanoma quite literally as she oiled herself up and posed fully nude. #shiningexample 😂 she was shiny alright!!
@chrisnemec5644 9 ай бұрын
@@vajrayoga I said the vast majority of them, not all of them. 🙄
@Ckawauchi35 9 ай бұрын
Yes, many of them. But I want to stress that Melania shouldn't have been included if her loser husband didn't cheat in the election. She has marred the list of decent, achieved present-day First Ladies.
@billyward8472 6 ай бұрын
RIP Rosalynn Carter 1927-2023
@is34preteristforce 6 ай бұрын
RIP Rosalynn Carter. Now Laura Bush is the oldest living First Lady.
@ericsilber1382 4 ай бұрын
RIP Rosalynn Carter
@lifeform106 2 ай бұрын
Though Hillary Clinton was before Laura Bush
@lucask4377 22 күн бұрын
Yes, RIP
@bowlergamertv2845 2 жыл бұрын
Your wife and daughters are the best thing in this video, they always crack me up especially the ending.
@bowlergamertv2845 2 жыл бұрын
Btw Mr. Beat, I have 2 favorite first ladies and they Eleanor Roosevelt and Jacqueline Kennedy
@uneducatedgamer8881 Жыл бұрын
Yes it was surely a surprise.
@ron6285 2 жыл бұрын
Mr beat you forgot that Sarah Polk also basically invented the ‘hail to the chief’ song for James Polks arrival at the White House and the traditional tune sticked since then and Sarah was also one of the longest post-lasting First Ladies to live more than 40 years after James Polk death.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for bringing that up!
@ron6285 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat your welcome buddy!
@johnshea0905 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat you’re the best mr beat but I don’t agree with a lot of your views
@akshaandubey462 2 жыл бұрын
I love jill biden edith roosevelt bess truman but i didnt understand why margaret taylor hated being presidents wife zack taylor should have divorced her
@georgeiii2998 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Hail To The Chief first played when JQA was POTUS?
@nessesaryschoolthing 2 жыл бұрын
It's funny that Lucy Hayes was the first first lady to have a college degree when a previous first lady was as school teacher. Shows how different the path to becoming an educator is nowadays compared to way back then.
@ryansdailymemes5972 6 ай бұрын
29:03 Unfortunately as of just a few hours ago, this is no longer true, with the oldest living First Lady now being former President George W. Bush’s wife, Laura Bush. Condolences to the widowed Jimmy Carter, and the Carter Family. My thoughts and prayers are with you. R.I.P. to an amazing First Lady. 🕊️🪦🌹🙏🏼
@ChrisTheFreedomEnjoyer 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Pat and Richard Nixon were married in the historic Mission Inn in my hometown of Riverside, California. The room they were married in is now a bar called the Presidential Lounge, featuring cocktails named after the various presidents who have visited the Mission Inn.
@tlome8033 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the big Taft chair they had to make for him because he was so big.
@jgw5491 2 жыл бұрын
Ronald and Nancy Reagan honeymooned there. 💕
@suzanneperez3747 Жыл бұрын
Mine too!
@candicehoneycutt4318 2 жыл бұрын
I definitely have a soft spot for Mary Lincoln. She was a very sweet lady who didn't get the help she needed and was dragged by the media for her outbursts, which she did apologize for afterwards according to several people. She did overspend a little bit, but not nearly as much as some historians would have you believe. People like to throw around that 300 pairs of gloves at once thing, but ignore that at least half of them were in her husband's size. One of Lincoln's associates who managed the money was the one who really blew through it like he had a coke problem, and he let her take the fall for it. Far too many people take Herndon's very biased negative portrayal of he at face value, but if you read anything he didn't write, you get a very different perspective. She was the kind of person who nursed her neighbor's baby when she couldn't breastfeed, and started a fundraiser for a little boy who had been hurt in an accident.
@tessat338 Жыл бұрын
She also lost a son. Eddie had died at age 4, ten years before Lincoln became President, but Willie died two years into Lincoln's term, while they were living in the White House and they both had to go on for another two years while they were raw with the grief over his death.
@Imissyoulou 10 ай бұрын
@@tessat338 Additionally, her son Tad, had her place in a mental insitution.
@tessat338 10 ай бұрын
@@Imissyoulou It was Robert who did that. Tad died at aged 15. Robert, the eldest, was the Lincolns' only son who survived to adulthood.
@pitiedindiana12 2 жыл бұрын
You mentioned your band at the end so I looked it up and listened to the “It’s Getting Personal” album. It’s really good! I sent it to some of my friends. Thanks for the videos!
@angrypkeyp 2 жыл бұрын
Time stamps for the video 2:29 Martha Washington 2:47 Abigail Adams 3:08 Martha Jefferson [ died 19 years before Thomas Jefferson became president] 3:16 Patsy Jefferson daughter of the president 3:36 Dolley Madison 4:23 Elizabeth Monroe 5:00 Louisa Adams 25:45 Mamie Eisenhower 31:38 Laura Bush 23:04 Grace Coolidg 34:23 Sponsership 2:28 Video Starts 8:53 Sarah Polk 9:32 Margaret Taylor 10:04 Mary Elizabeth Bliss [ Acting First Lady] 10:07 Abigail Fillmore 11:00 Jane Pierce 11:52 Harriet Lane [ Niece of the president] 12:29 Mary Todd Lincoln 12:59 Eliza Johnson 13:26 to 34:23 sorry guys I can’t timestamp rest of it because I have to sleep I live in india
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@angrypkeyp 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mr beat for thanking me
@ladavidson9269 Жыл бұрын
13 Julia grant. 1877 Lucy Hayes 1881 Lucretia Garfield Mary makerory Rose Cleveland Frances Cleveland 1888 ? 1889 Caroline Harrison
@engso.arthur Жыл бұрын
Lmao
@Whiteman2.0 10 ай бұрын
@@iammrbeatOMG MRBEAST
@victoriabaker6943 2 жыл бұрын
I loved this. Given the limited time you were able to get information out there. I have read books on the First Ladies because it’s a pretty intense non paying job. I have a lot of favorites. Grace Coolidge because of her funny personality & all of her animals, her work with the deaf was what drew me to her first. I respect Martha Washington for the courage & strong independent person she was. The slavery issue is a big detraction, I can’t fully reconcile that. Eleanor Roosevelt was someone that made the office more than hostess. Her intelligence & compassion are inspiring given the many roadblocks she encountered. I have more. Thank you!
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of folks in the comments so far also love Grace, and I find that surprising tbh!
@brannonjenkins9093 2 жыл бұрын
Dolly Madison was my favorite
@victoriabaker6943 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat Michelle Obama is recent, but she made a huge impact while 1st lady. The school lunch program is not easy. I brought my lunch because I didn’t like the food. She had the right idea not the support. Abigail Adam’s was a woman who took the bull by the horns & was way ahead of her time. She faced many challenges & lost children along the way. But anyone taking on an an Adam’s definitely needed to be strong because while John was very smart his people skills were not very good.
@GorillaFan_32 2 жыл бұрын
@@brannonjenkins9093 me too
@__bri. 7 ай бұрын
I know it's been awhile, but I'd love to read about them too! Got any book recommendations? Thank you dearly ♡
@FaadumosahraSheikhismaciil 6 ай бұрын
Sadly Rosalynn Carter just died...
@imra316 2 жыл бұрын
😂! I really loved the way you presented the First Ladies! To see first the paintings of them to the videos of the present ladies was awesome! Thanks for presenting them to us!
@SiVlog1989 2 жыл бұрын
In some ways I feel sorry for Andrew Jackson, his wife being targeted during the 1828 campaign and it possibly contributed to her death due to a heart attack. The impression I get is that although he forgave those who targeted him during the 1828 campaign, he decided to never forgive those who attacked his wife. It was this, I believe, that contributed to one of the most bizarre incidents in his Presidency, the Petticoat Affair, centering on Margaret "Peggy" Eton, wife of Jackson’s Secretary of War, John Eton
@BarberJ95 2 жыл бұрын
I mean I feel more sorrow ☹️ for fellow indigenous folks who felt a lot worse than Jackson.
@SiVlog1989 2 жыл бұрын
@@BarberJ95 I know what you mean, it was a messed up policy he embarked on and van Buren could have acted to stop it when he became President, but he didn't. Having said that, on a human level, I feel sorry for him in terms of the grief he felt for the death of his wife Rachel, partly because of the campaign rhetoric directed at her
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
You are spot on, and I agree with you 100% about Jackson.
@NakAlienEd 2 жыл бұрын
I visited his mansion. Apparently, after she passed away, he put her portrait opposite his bed so it would be the first thing he saw every morning, and the last thing he would see every night. He blamed the newspapers for her death, and refused to let anyone who worked at one to enter his home. For a guy with such an irascible reputation, he was quite the romantic.
@daffyphack 2 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for her. Jackson was an awful human being who was responsible for some of the worst moments in this country's history.
@CantonGirl1981 2 жыл бұрын
It would be cool to see a First Ladies video that doesn’t just talk about Ida Saxton McKinley being sickly. Her life prior is never covered. Before she married President McKinley she worked as a teller at her father’s bank and was put in charge when her father wasn’t there. In the 1860’s! Unheard of. Very boss babe of her. She’s my hometown First Lady had to comment. She was more influential than people realize!
@blossomct 2 жыл бұрын
This was such fun to watch, love it and thanks!!
@here_we_go_again2571 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Beat. :) I really enjoyed this video about the FLOTUS's. Lou Hoover was instrumental in founding the Girl Scouts in the USA. Eliza Johnson, the wife of Andrew Johnson, was a school teacher who taught him to read and write. They had a very long courtship as Andrew struggled to become successful; before he felt that he had achieved enough to support a wife and (eventually) married Eliza.
@PakBallandSami 2 жыл бұрын
This topic is a really interesting one imo because there hasn't been a female president of the us even tho countries like Pakistan had a female leaders once but it all way interesting to see all the women who have some rolls in the US government and how it impacts the system
@NisarKhan-jm1uh 2 жыл бұрын
What do you think of Benazir Bhutto
@addmin5487 2 жыл бұрын
@@NisarKhan-jm1uh great woman
@NisarKhan-jm1uh 2 жыл бұрын
@@addmin5487 I know. She is one of my favourite Pakistan leaders.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
We are LONG overdue for a female President. It's kind of embarrassing we haven't elected one yet.
@Messi_Goat256 2 жыл бұрын
My country had 2 female prime minister's Magaret Thatcher and Thersea May
@TheSicBric Жыл бұрын
This channel is definitely one of my favorites. The quality, while not perfect, is unique to the channel. Even if he gets SUPER famous, I hope he never changes the look of his videos.
@markaltenhoff4049 Жыл бұрын
Lady Bird Johnson is my personal favorite. She was the epitome of southern hospitality and Texan congeniality, and was the perfect counter to her husband’s more brash personality. Plus, she loved nature and flowers, and was one of the true modernizers of the position of First Lady!
@cynthiajtennant2674 Жыл бұрын
You are an amazing teacher Mr. Best! You are appreciated and loved.
@cecilyfasanella5636 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for spotlighting such interesting historical figures.
@AquaAtia 2 жыл бұрын
Abigail Adams will always be my favorite, her correspondence with John shows you just how sharp she was
@glen7137 2 жыл бұрын
She was also probably the most intelligent first lady Edit: probably the second most intelligent Melania trump can speak 5 languages
@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын
Abigail was unquestionably the source of many of John's smart decisions. And it wasn't just him who she corresponded matters with either, she even wrote to Thomas Jefferson in the aftermath of Shay's Rebellion warning him to wake up to the dangers of excessive liberties without limitations (she basically told him that if such revolts kept occurring the fledgling United States would collapse into anarchy and chaos). In her view, order and freedom had to be balanced...and honestly, she makes a good point.
@marlenefolta6912 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos. Just started watching them and am enjoying them a lot. Thanks so much for posting👍
@Felix-wo7qz 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool and informative video, keep up the work mate!
@jbandfriends-gh5bl 2 жыл бұрын
Very informal Mr. Beat once again you've outdone yourself.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Informal is the way to go lol
@petitthom2886 2 жыл бұрын
Betty Ford is incredibly underrated
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@seanrutter3470 2 жыл бұрын
I regularly put on youtube vids to "watch" while I play my mobile game. Your videos require my attention. Lol again. Found you from a British reaction vid to now consumed by your content. Thank you and keep doing y'alls .
@bradjohnson4787 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! Good job
@JacobM04 2 жыл бұрын
I just want to say thank you Mr. Beat for inspiring me to make KZfaq videos, after watching your Presidential election videos I got really inspired to do a series about Canadian prime ministerial elections, although I haven’t uploaded anything yet, I keep watching your videos for further inspiration:)
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Well thank YOU. Please share them with me when they are finished!
@JacobM04 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat gladly 👍
@JacobM04 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat I uploaded my very first election video to my channel if you’d like to check it out!
@sergeirachmaninoff4467 2 жыл бұрын
This is the video that I didn't know I wanted. THANK YOU. (:
@rebeccam1713 2 жыл бұрын
I actually laughed at the introduction to Hillary about not keeping a low profile. My mom went to college with Hillary and voted for her for student body president (Hillary won). I met Hillary at a book signing and when I told her this her expression was 😮 and she said, "Tell your mother I said thank you very much!"
@harveysengers1379 6 ай бұрын
R.i.p Roslyn Carter
@ryleynadhir4685 2 жыл бұрын
What did Dolley Madison not manage to do? She did more than like any other person in history. Not many first ladies are remembered, except mostly for the most recent ones, like 95% of them were pretty impressive in their own right, and the other 5% were still respectable.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
She deserves a video
@jacobpetersdesigns Жыл бұрын
Bro I had no idea about Dolley Madison before this video really. She honestly stuck out to me the most. Huge shout out to her influence.
@PikeProductions23 2 жыл бұрын
I don't know why, but the Polks look like a family that would go all out on Halloween decorations and hands king-size candy bars to trick or treaters
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
lol this comment is gold
@not_quite_clarinet 2 жыл бұрын
underrated comment
@cheneethompson5756 2 жыл бұрын
I'm weak!
@Cinnamonfr Жыл бұрын
Why isnt this top comment
@kendralynch2835 2 жыл бұрын
This was on point and well needed
@mountainman4859 9 ай бұрын
My favorite First Lady was Rosalynn Carter. She was the first First Lady to go on a diplomatic mission as well as a bunch of humanitarian missions. Her project as First Lady was to de-stigmatize mental illness and fight for funding treatment. This effort did not end when she left Washington. She gave speeches around the world and clear up in her 90s testified in congress and went on the late night shows to talk mental heath. Just a lovely lady.
@FunkyOverload 6 ай бұрын
Rest in peace Rosalynn Carter 1927-2023
@Magdalenkaization 5 ай бұрын
She died nearly in opinion of Sainthood!
@thunderbird1921 4 ай бұрын
Actually, I'm pretty sure it was Jackie Kennedy who went on the first diplomatic mission by a First Lady. She went on a famous solo trip to India and Pakistan on behalf of her husband (the Indian folks from what I've heard referred to her as "the American queen" out of sheer respect and admiration). When she got back, she apparently urged JFK to shake up the US embassy staff in Pakistan, and her learned firsthand knowledge of India proved priceless to the administration when not long after the Sino-Indian War broke out IIRC (Communist China launched a huge invasion of India's border in 1962, and there were rising concerns it could even turn into a World War III, if America had to step in on India's behalf). At least 1-2 sources I've read said that Jackie was temporarily given classified info access so that she could assist her husband more directly during the crisis (which thankfully ended when Chinese leader Mao Zedong halted his invasion after taking some border regions). Utterly insane history to read on. 1962 had to be the most terrifying year in modern history.
@mountainman4859 4 ай бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 …it was a vacation where she did a lot of horse riding. She did not negotiate a Treaty as Mrs. Carter did.
@TheDoccy14 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, pretty nice to see the First Ladies get some representation for once!
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@anakinskywalker3555 2 жыл бұрын
nice pfp
@abrahamlincoln937 2 жыл бұрын
Mr. Beat, you are so close to 500,000 subscribers! Hopefully you reach it before April!
@Pravdacz-tp8zu 2 жыл бұрын
April 14th, amirite?
@abrahamlincoln937 2 жыл бұрын
@@Pravdacz-tp8zu Indeed, I was shot on April 14, 1865 and I died the next day.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
I hope so, too!
@abrahamlincoln937 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat Hopefully my prediction comes true!
@pleaseenteraname1103 2 жыл бұрын
I can’t wait for the 500,000 subscriber special live stream.
@davestrasburg408 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating video!
@LBCGriffin Жыл бұрын
Just a note- Alice Roosevelt was not Edith’s daughter. She was the daughter of TR’s first wife, Alice, who died of childbed fever.
@jakealter5504 8 ай бұрын
And what’s worse is that she died on the same day as Teddy’s mom
@ferinate101 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! Can you do a video on most notable post- Presidencies? Such as Taft in the Supreme Court, Carter humanitarian work. I think quite a lot of what Presidents do after they're in office is largely forgotten
@lacym9278 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, totally! Teddy was awesome post presidency!
@str.77 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, more on Carter's career as the most successful ex-president. And I honestly do not mean that as a snide.
@Bugeyedpurpledragon 2 жыл бұрын
This would be super interesting, especially since I believe both Hoover and Nixon had particularly redemptive post-presidencies
@Bugeyedpurpledragon 2 жыл бұрын
Well, less so Hoover.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, and I love this suggestion.
@nicholasproductions237 2 жыл бұрын
I always wondered how history would have been if Eleanor Roosevelt had run for president, she definitely woulda had a good chance
@jacobite2353 2 жыл бұрын
Yep, completely done in the south (happy Thurmond noises the bloody bastard) but could possibly win states like New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota she could also run with Estes Kefauver as her running mate which would be a huge help up north.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
I doubt she would have won, but she was amazing. At least she was the first Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
@jacobite2353 2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat She would probably done better than Stevenson and Sparkman (he was a flipping segregationist for crying out loud)
@GRANOLA77 Жыл бұрын
No way the US wasn't ready for a female president at the time. Might still not be
@cajayson8301 Жыл бұрын
@@GRANOLA77 uhh we are ready. Hillary won the popular vote in 2016.
@jdiddy7626 Жыл бұрын
mr. beat is seriously the best and most wholesome person on youtube omg
@nancysrios Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video!!
@Wyatt016 2 жыл бұрын
I liked the subtle detail of calling the White House “The President’s House” until you got to Theodore and Edith Roosevelt, as that was what it was known as until the Theodore Roosevelt officially named it The White House in 1901.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you noticed that!
@carschmn 2 жыл бұрын
I googled Dolly Madison after she kept being mentioned. She lived from 1768 to 1849 and married James Madison at 26. That’s one heck of a period of time to live through. I thought it was so cool when photos started popping up. 18:22 no one will notice me covering my wife with a handkerchief. It’s maddening how republicans hated Hilary for wanting people to have health insurance and Michelle for wanting kids to have nutritious food.
@ashtoncollins868 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I know
@jeanniemiller6603 Жыл бұрын
Gag!
@cb41503 Жыл бұрын
We mostly hate Hillary because, ohhh, I don't know, She's a risk to national security
@cb41503 Жыл бұрын
Also, have you seen the shit they serve to kids in public schools, I wouldn't even feed that shit to my dog
@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын
Well, to be fair Michelle Obama's program wasn't NEARLY as effective or well done as some claim. I remember some of what they were putting in the lunchrooms at schools once that really got going, some of the food looked just plain nasty. Many kids shied from eating it. Even if she meant well, it came across as VERY out of touch to many people (remember her kids went to a prominent private school with its own chef) and just not realistic for what normal kids will eat. What they SHOULD have done is talked to the kids themselves about what they'd be willing to try out, and/or looking at ways to make the traditional foods healthier (such as more nutritious pizza crusts, etc.).
@RacleandRaHill 2 жыл бұрын
its cool Jill Biden is still teaching
@raisyrosye7656 2 жыл бұрын
It’s so awesome that she does that.
@dustinduffie4409 2 жыл бұрын
ILove This Video Brother Beat Keep It Up Man.
@musicwithmathias5822 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr. Beat! I've always found the First Ladies to be very cool people in general, regardless of their husbands' politics.
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Me, too. I pretty much thing all of them are great
@petitthom2886 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video, your channel is awesome and the topic is interesting ! Eleanor Roosevelt is my favorite First Lady, she had a long public career after her husband’s presidency and she enjoyed her private life, the letters with Lorena Hickok are fascinating !
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
I still need to read those letters...
@nadezhdawall-rossi2864 2 жыл бұрын
She and Lorena worked non-stop to help WWII wounded and severely burned veterans. Let's talk about and remember the GOOD people do, instead of wallowing in salacious gossip.
@avapatino6058 2 жыл бұрын
@@nadezhdawall-rossi2864 THEY WERE GAY
@platypusoppy6372 2 жыл бұрын
Mr. Beat, you deserve so many more subs.
@tonjadoughty3051 4 ай бұрын
Wonderful formam. Love your information
@mongoose1billion 2 жыл бұрын
"However, at least 13 women who were not wives of the President have also served as first lady when the president was either a bachelor or a widower" Or perhaps for some third reason that wasn't discussed openly back then...
@stfrancisbasketball 2 жыл бұрын
"and they were **bachelors** "
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Well ya know...
@uyuman1 2 жыл бұрын
@@stfrancisbasketball With long time "room mates"
@sarasamaletdin4574 2 жыл бұрын
Just two were batchelors (rest widows) and one of them married in office. So just one (Bunachan) can be said to fit this.
@jabber1990 2 жыл бұрын
@@sarasamaletdin4574 some think Van Buren was, but I don't know I haven't made up my mind on that yet
@americanhistorygeek1926 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Mr. Beat! It’d be cool if you did an every American Secretary of State video too!
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
That might take awhile, but I'm up for the challenge. :) And thank you!
@maxgutman1849 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video if you do that can you do every American Secretary of Treasury as Alexander Hamilton is my favourite historical figure
@kanaech.6796 2 жыл бұрын
Hello I'm from Japan and I just learned a lot of things! I understood more and learn more than what my history teacher teaches 😭 I want you as my teacher 🙃 this was entertaining too
@raisyrosye7656 2 жыл бұрын
Right? He's an incredible teacher!
@mayduck1 2 жыл бұрын
Great summary of all the First Ladies.
@soledieairvideos5974 2 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that Eleanor was the first U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and helped create the organization in the first place.
@darreljones8645 2 жыл бұрын
Little-known fact about Eleanor Roosevelt: Paul Simon wrote a song about her, until he changed the lyrics to be about a character from the movie "The Graduate", Mrs. Robinson.
@is34preteristforce 6 ай бұрын
You should make a video on Rosalynn Carter and her achievements and honorable acts.
@alovesupreme8603 2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciation for your honorable depiction of Cousin Nellie! Thank You! She truly was a remarkable woman & First Lady … Cousin Willy was reluctant to run for office, however it was Nellie’s prodding that he eventually acquiesced. I Love the chosen photographs of her archived previously…. 🎩 Hats off to you Mr. Beat!! More Please!! 🙌🇺🇸🙏🎉✌️
@Officially_camizilla 2 жыл бұрын
This is very smart, Mr. beat, you are awesome in American history!
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
You are awesome
@Officially_camizilla 2 жыл бұрын
🙂
@politicsvlogswithjaydawg6174 2 жыл бұрын
33:00 you forgot to mention the fact how Melania Trump was not only born in Slovenia but she was born in Yugoslavia which was a communist country so technically she’s the first first lady to be born not only in a country outside of the US but also a communist country
@jasonwilliamtjandra 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it's when Slovenia was still part of Yugoslavia because Yugoslavia only fell when she (Melania Trump/Knauss) was only 21 years old.
@quanbrooklynkid7776 2 жыл бұрын
@@jasonwilliamtjandra damn
@beyondview 2 жыл бұрын
annnd America's 1st adult "actress"
@comeoneileen9601 2 жыл бұрын
Also the first FL to be a former lady of the evening.
@WickedlyMe328 Жыл бұрын
Who cares
@rodessametoyer220 Жыл бұрын
Quite informative!🎉🎉
@packnetadaija 2 жыл бұрын
I actually found this really interesting considering there is a tv show called First Ladies which talks about Betty Ford, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Michelle Obama
@monikafowler8812 2 жыл бұрын
Michelle Obama aka Micheal is a "First Man" NOT A FIRST LADY!!!
@elliekwong3180 8 ай бұрын
Michelle is actually Michael Robinson. . . you guess right!
@marymac789 6 ай бұрын
How unfortunate 'Michael' never performed nor posed naked so that one would never know for certain. This is something no one had to worry about with Melania but, " “I really don’t care. Do U?”. @@elliekwong3180
@DaDaJiS.N. 2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: When Woodrow Wilson's first wife died while in office, his eldest daughter served as first lady . Wilson with Cleveland is also one of the two presidents who married while being president in office. My fav first ladies are Martha Washington, Nancy Reagan and Eleanor Roosevelt. Mr. Beat, I think u should make a video on life of Eleanor Roosevelt because she was the one who changed and defined the real role of first Lady. Also not to forget Jackie Kennedy for her elegant style!
@ThePhl4ever 2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: First Lady Jill Biden's first husband started a kick-ass bar called The Stone Balloon in which musical acts such as Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, The Allman Brothers, The Dave Matthews Band, Metallica, and George Thorogood performed at.
@ThePhl4ever 2 жыл бұрын
Jill Biden also worked as an educator while she was Second Lady as well.
@EFS4722 8 ай бұрын
YOUR VIDS ARE AMAZING ❤
@MoM-km3gy Жыл бұрын
This was fascinating! Interesting Americam History!
@no0bulus234 6 ай бұрын
29:00 R.I.P Rosalynn Carter
@Sion1231000 2 жыл бұрын
First of all great video mr beat (as always) second: 2:47 It says 1791 -1801 on Abigail Adams.
@Robalexe 2 жыл бұрын
He meant 1797
@bellarose6509 9 ай бұрын
I loved Roselyn Carter. Very nice video. I learned a lot!👍
@MaddieHeartsHistory 9 ай бұрын
Ugh, I love this video. I always come back to it. I don't know a lot about all the First Ladies, but they make me proud to be a woman. Seeing how much influence a woman can have is also really cool.
@liridonaramadani4979 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a “every presidents favorite drink” thank you!
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Sure thing
@chrise8275 2 жыл бұрын
Jackie Kennedy had a Stillborn Baby Girl “Arabella Kennedy” she is very much forgotten about.
@delorme9 2 жыл бұрын
I know about Arabella
@davidmayer9896 Жыл бұрын
Go Flo! Florence Harding was ahead of the curve. She did so much in the short time she was in the White House. The Duchess was the precursor to Eleanor Roosevelt. Flo rocked!
@loisfolk5492 Жыл бұрын
Great video with interesting content.
@luannnelson547 9 ай бұрын
Dolley Madison - a North Carolina girl! She had a parrot named Polly when she was First Lady, regarding the parrot as a helpful ice-breaker for shy guests. She also hosted the first ever inaugural ball. Dolley’s great tragedy was her spoiled-brat son Payne Todd, whose gambling reduced her to poverty.
@rachelmcdonough1506 Жыл бұрын
It’s interesting how many First Ladies had disabilities. As a disabled history teacher and former disabled kid, it’s great to see disabled people n history who achieved great things. Among the most influential disabled figures was Harriet Tubman! She saved so many lives all while dealing with epilepsy and hypersomnia!
@stephaniewilliams6756 5 ай бұрын
*Achieve great things* being married isnt some amazing act. Tubman is a nationak hero for sure, but the first ladies are literally just wives and relatives of the president. Lol
@rachelmcdonough1506 5 ай бұрын
@@stephaniewilliams6756 plenty of these women used their position of power and privilege to make the world a better place.
@craig1538 2 жыл бұрын
This is incredible. I never knew there were so many.
@maximaldinotrap 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think Franklin Pierce recovered from what happened with his son much like his wife. You have to wonder if it affected her tenure what did the tragedy do to his tenure? Dude watched his son die and had to watch the woman he loved basically isolate herself.
@ZackfromNoHo 5 ай бұрын
The tragedy probably worsened his alcoholism. The country was falling apart in the 1850s and none of the presidents in that era could do much to help stop the move towards the Civil War. He was the only POTUS from New Hampshire, a state that has a lot of influence over who gets elected (at least since the mid-20th century).
@TPChatter 2 жыл бұрын
Very good video Mr. Beat. May I ask what you use to edit your videos?
@iammrbeat 2 жыл бұрын
Final Cut Pro, GIMP, Canva, Power Point, Audacity, and Imovie. :)
@ashleighstratmann7783 2 жыл бұрын
There's a saying: Where there's a great man there is a greater woman by his side, or something like that. Although it normally apply to husbands and wives, I still think that apply to manny of these married presidents even those who lost their wives before becoming presidents
@mary-ellendurkin163 Жыл бұрын
You did a very good job that I enjoyed it
@ladyjackettekristen 2 жыл бұрын
I think you should cover Mrs. Kennedy. She made such a contribution to the arts, preservation of the White House, and more. Name me one other First Lady (other than maybe Eleanor Roosevelt) that's had MULTIPLE (and yes I mean multiple) movies made about her or her life.
@nehemiahmarcus308 Жыл бұрын
I was still in elementary school when Kennedy was assassinated. Even then I was impressed at the way his funeral was handled. I understand that Jackie was in charge of its execution.
@thunderbird1921 8 ай бұрын
She may not have been politically influential as Eleanor, or had as many media stuff made on her as the two you listed, but Mamie Eisenhower was hands down one of the most CULTURALLY influential First Ladies along with Jackie Kennedy. It was actually her who started the historic preservation of the White House, IIRC she was appalled to discover that many "old" items in the building were replicas when she moved in, a lot of the originals had been sold off in prior decades (I've read she recovered some of Abraham Lincoln's items with the help of an Englishman who had come to possess them). Her most famous work of all though was setting trends and fashion. Mamie was a FANATIC for the color pink and put it on everything from evening dresses to interior designs. Her designs were so wild and beautiful in the eyes of many that "Mamie Pink" became a staple feature of countless 1950s American homes. She also started most of the White House Halloween and Christmas decorating traditions. Furthermore, word got out that she was actually clipping coupons from the newspapers for the White House staff to use in order to stay on budget, which made her even more relatable in the eyes of the public. At one point, a popular rallying cry for the administration became "We Like Ike, And Mamie too!" She truly was a mid 20th Century icon.
@Colinop 2 жыл бұрын
32:53 "Melania was the first First Lady to not be born in the United States or in what would become the United States" mr. beat, louisa adams (wife of j. q. adams) was born in london
@atomichaunter2584 2 жыл бұрын
Don't you understand? London will get annexed soon.
@str.77 2 жыл бұрын
That startled me too. And I wouldn't have noticed if he himself hadn't pointed out Louisa's birthplace before.
@cheyenne6913 2 жыл бұрын
He said she was the first one to be not born A CITIZEN in the United States or what would later become the United States. The colonies were still technically a part of Britain when Louisa was born so both colonists and people living in Britain would've all been considered subjects of the British rule. Melania was born in a foreign country under a completely separate authority. That's the distinction he was trying to make.
@str.77 2 жыл бұрын
@@cheyenne6913 England was not a colony and never became part of the US.
@cheyenne6913 2 жыл бұрын
@@str.77 I literally never said England was a colony? I said the United States was a colony of Britain.
@lacym9278 2 жыл бұрын
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the World!! Would be my top pick, but quickly followed by Rosalyn Carter and Betty Ford. It would be cool if you did like a "wild side of the first ladies" and talk about their most scandalous stuff for each.
@Frozenfan-qr8qc 2 жыл бұрын
23:03 LOL You actually included The Calvin Collidge Song In Your First Lady Video
@lydiadiaz996 Жыл бұрын
My two favorites Jackie and Michelle.
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