Kate Anderson Bower's Expectations Of First Ladies In Modern America

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Kate Anderson Bower does an exceptional job of emphasizing the importance of "First Ladies" in modern America and their role based upon society's expectations of how they are required to conduct themselves in public. Throughout, the article Bower utilizes words, such as, "adoring", "strongest champions", "accepting" to highlight the key qualities that are foreseen in the typical first lady. The author then focuses her attention on current first lady, Melania Trump. Mrs. Trump is characterized as a rebel for failing to conform to the tasks that are associated with her job description. Bower mentions "Hillary Clinton", "Lady Bird", "Nancy Reagan", for their role as "First lady" in order to indicate that unlike her predecessors, Mrs. Trump is