The Associated Press quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Ivanka Trump Plays Big Role Even Without White House Title.”
Ivanka Trump has tried to end speculation that she will serve as a fill-in first lady, which has only been heightened by stepmother Melania Trump’s decision to continue living in New York City, where son Barron goes to school. Ivanka Trump told “20/20” that “there is one first lady.” But joining the president on the Dover trip was the kind of duty that usually would fall to the president’s spouse.
“That’s a typical scene you usually see played out with the president and the first lady, not the first daughter,” said Katherine Jellison, who heads the history department at Ohio University.
In Washington, Ivanka Trump has continued her efforts to gather information about workplace policies for women. She hosted a dinner at her home for many of the business leaders attending a White House meeting, including the top executives at Wal-Mart, General Motors and Johnson & Johnson, according to people with knowledge of the event. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss a private dinner.
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