A story widely distributed by the French news service AFP quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Melania Trump, America’s low-profile first lady.”
Dr. Katherin Jellison
Never in modern times — when Americans are accustomed to having visible and active first ladies — has a president’s wife not moved straight to Washington.
“Certainly in that time we haven’t seen a phenomenon such as this where the first lady delays for at least several months moving into the White House,” said Katherine Jellison, history professor at Ohio University….
Should Melania continue to keep a low profile, future generations may credit her as a modernizer who broke free from the confines of her position.
“It may lower expectations for the next woman,” Jellison said. “She won’t feel that she has to be the perfect American wife and mother role model.”
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