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, Laura Bush , Lyudmila Putina and Zorka Parvanova – first ladies of Armenia , the United States , Russia and Bulgaria in 2003 .]] First Lady is a term applied to the wife of an elected male Head Of State or Head Of Government .1 Development of the title is credited to the United States , where it was first used in 1849 , when United States President Zachary Taylor called Dolley Madison , "First Lady" at her State Funeral .2 ORIGINATION In the early days of the , 1863 diary entry of William Howard Russell , in which he referred to "gossip about the First Lady in the Land." The title first gained nationwide recognition in 1877 , when Mary C. Ames wrote an article in The Independent describing the Inauguration of President Rutherford B. Hayes . She used the term to describe his wife, Lucy Webb Hayes . Mrs. Hayes was a tremendously popular first lady, and the frequent reporting on her activities helped spread use of the term outside Washington. VARIATIONS The entire family of the head of state may be known familiarly as the " First Family ".3 Should a female hold the office, the term First Gentleman would be the alternative to First Lady. The spouse of the second in command (such as a Vice President ) may be known as the " Second Lady ". Less frequently, the family would be known as the "Second Family". In some situations, the title is bestowed upon a non-spouse. Park Geun-hye , currently the head of the Grand National Party of Korea, has been referred to as the First Lady to South Korean President Park Chung Hee . Although she is President Park's daughter, the title was bestowed to her after her mother's death.Geun Hye Park (2007). The Republic of Korea and the United States: Our Future Together (HTML). Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-07-19. NON-POLITICAL USES It has become commonplace for the title of "First Lady" to be bestowed on women, as a term of endearment, who have proven themselves to be of exceptional talent, even if that talent is non-political. For example, the term has been applied in the entertainment field to denote the ''First Lady of American Soul'' ( Aretha Franklin ),4 the ''First Lady of the Grand Old Opry'' ( Loretta Lynn ) and the ''First Lady of the American Stage'' ( Helen Hayes ).5 The term "first lady" is also used to denote a woman who occupies the foremost social position within a particular locality.Sellers, 294; Russell, 501. The term is also used often in the religious setting. The wife of a pastor is usually called "first lady" FOOTNOTES REFERENCES SEE ALSO
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