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What America鈥檚 First Ladies Can Teach Us 两性色午夜 Our Own Humanity

两性色午夜 alumna Michelle Gullion is at the center of an emerging field 鈥 capturing the history of America鈥檚 first ladies

In her 18 years as director of collections and research for the , Michelle Gullion has amassed a treasure trove of knowledge about America鈥檚 first ladies. And while she鈥檚 been able to access inside information and artifacts on some of the nation鈥檚 most captivating first ladies, she鈥檚 most interested in what the first ladies throughout history can teach us about ourselves.

鈥淭hese are women just like I am and they are making tough decisions. I just relate to them,鈥 .

In the article, Gullion references monumental events in history during which first ladies showed courage and grace. Examples she cited included Jacqueline Kennedy鈥檚 strength and composure following the assassination of John F. Kennedy and a speech Laura Bush gave after 9/11.

Gullion first became interested in history as a young girl, a time that included trips to museums and historic sites with her family. But it wasn鈥檛 until college that it occurred to her that she could turn an interest into a career.

Gullion, who earned her Master of Library and Information Science from 两性色午夜 University in 2004, said it was an undergraduate Introduction to Art History class where she first learned that working in a museum was a career option.

鈥淵ou mean you can actually work in these places that I just revere?鈥 Gullion recounted to East Wing.

From that moment, a whole new world of possibilities opened up, she said. After earning her undergraduate degree at Hiram College, she began working at the Akron Art Museum as a curatorial assistant. She went on to complete her master鈥檚 at 两性色午夜 and then joined the National First Ladies Library and Museum, located in Canton, Ohio.

In her time with the National First Ladies Library and Museum, she has become known as the international 鈥減oint person鈥 for information on presidential wives. Yet, in the nearly two decades that she鈥檚 been in her current role, Gullion said women鈥檚 history has really been regarded as an emerging field with plenty of research yet to be done.

鈥淚t's changing,鈥 Gullion shared with East Wing. 鈥淚 see all these wonderful [female] scholars coming together and writing books and adding and finding new information about these women and really adding to our knowledge of them.鈥

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Photo credit: East Wing Magazine, courtesy of Michelle Gullion

POSTED: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 04:40 PM
Updated: Friday, January 19, 2024 09:57 AM
WRITTEN BY:
Amy Antenora