Season 1, Episode 5

1. Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama carved out her own legacy while being an essential part of her husband's history-making presidency.

2. Jackie Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy's time in the White House promised a new dawn for America, but it was marked by private betrayal and cut short by public tragedy.

3. Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan is known as the doting wife of President Ronald Reagan, but she had much more than a supporting role in the first "Hollywood" presidency.

4. Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt's desolate childhood sowed the seeds of a life devoted to standing up for the poor and dispossessed.

5. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton forever changed the role of first lady before forging her own political identity in the years that followed.

6. Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson became a master mediator who helped soothe discord while boosting Lyndon B. Johnson's reputation following JFK's assassination.

1. Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama carved out her own legacy while being an essential part of her husband's history-making presidency.

2. Jackie Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy's time in the White House promised a new dawn for America, but it was marked by private betrayal and cut short by public tragedy.

3. Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan is known as the doting wife of President Ronald Reagan, but she had much more than a supporting role in the first "Hollywood" presidency.

4. Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt's desolate childhood sowed the seeds of a life devoted to standing up for the poor and dispossessed.

5. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton forever changed the role of first lady before forging her own political identity in the years that followed.

6. Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson became a master mediator who helped soothe discord while boosting Lyndon B. Johnson's reputation following JFK's assassination.