FIRST LADIES RULER

$3.13 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Packaged of a 12” wooden ruler, made in U.S.A. of American-grown basswood. The First Ladies Ruler is interesting because the role of First Lady of the United States has never been officially codified or defined. We tend to think if her as the wife of the president. But in the past, the term was also commonly used to describe the role of White House hostess, which is the interpretation that we have taken on this ruler. The image at the top of the ruler is Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1929-1994), First Lady from…