Lesley Stahl, Candice Bergen, Liz Smith and the wOw Women Hail Their Favorite First Ladies
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Joan Juliet Buck: "Hillary Clinton because of what she tried to do."
Mary Wells: "Of the First Ladies I have known or, at least, have met, Hillary Clinton is the only one who went to all lengths, for good or bad, as a partner for her husband, and who did the hard work to know enough to be able to fight for her ideas and visions as well as his. She had what has traditionally been a man’s determination to win at all times and she swallowed her national humiliation when her husband permanently cheapened himself and marched on. She does march on. I am proud of the way she marches on. And I was moved by how she understood the need to glamorize herself for television when she ran for president. She was sometimes beautiful. I am glad Obama won for so many reasons. But Hillary made me care about her."
Mary Wells: "Of the First Ladies I have known or, at least, have met, Hillary Clinton is the only one who went to all lengths, for good or bad, as a partner for her husband, and who did the hard work to know enough to be able to fight for her ideas and visions as well as his. She had what has traditionally been a man’s determination to win at all times and she swallowed her national humiliation when her husband permanently cheapened himself and marched on. She does march on. I am proud of the way she marches on. And I was moved by how she understood the need to glamorize herself for television when she ran for president. She was sometimes beautiful. I am glad Obama won for so many reasons. But Hillary made me care about her."
