The Politics of Being A Lady

Grace, beauty, flair; The official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama, taken in the Blue Room of the White House on February 27, 2009. Forty-seven years earlier, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy struck a similar pose during a visit to India’s Taj Mahal, March 1962. By Joyce N. Boghosian/The White House/A.P. Images (Obama); by Art Rickerby/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images (Kennedy)