first lady facts

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Across
  1. 1. Lived in frontier forts alongside her husband
  2. 3. First woman to graduate from John Hopkins
  3. 4. Was a soprano
  4. 6. During prohibition, she served alcohol
  5. 7. Was the first first lady to give birth in the white house
  6. 8. Was not mentioned in her husband's autobiography
  7. 9. Brought DC's first cherry trees
  8. 10. Was the democratic candidate in 2016
  9. 14. Was her husband's advisor
  10. 15. Was the second woman to be both mother and wife to a US president
  11. 18. An invalid, she crocheted over 4000 pairs of slippers for charity
  12. 19. Had an entire shade of pink named after her
  13. 22. She gave birth to the other 6 of her husband's 15 children
  14. 24. A devout Presbyterian, she famously banned dancing and liquor at White House events
  15. 25. She raised silkworms and wrote plays
  16. 27. Saved a painting of Washington when the British burnt the white house
  17. 28. Brought 2 cows to the white house
  18. 29. Was an actress alongside her husband
  19. 31. Loved the Boston Red Sox baseball team
  20. 32. Had a double mastectomy due to cancer
  21. 36. Petitioned for one of her husband's doctors to be female
  22. 37. Was being courted by the democratic nominee for president in 1860
  23. 39. Used her position to save Lafayette's wife
  24. 41. Shortest tenure as a FLOTUS
  25. 42. Modelled before marrying her husband
  26. 43. Her and her husband spoke Mandarin around the white house
  27. 44. Fashion icon during the early 60s
  28. 45. Met her husband at 5 years old
  29. 46. Advocated for the Highway Beautification Act (1965)
Down
  1. 2. Died of Bright's disease early into her husband's first term
  2. 5. Accompanied her husband during cabinet meetings
  3. 11. Established the first white house library
  4. 12. Accused of bigamy during the reelection campaign of JQA
  5. 13. Gave speeches to assist with her husband's campaign
  6. 16. Was on the dollar bill
  7. 17. Famously served lemonade instead of alcohol at White House events
  8. 20. Has 2 masters, a PhD, and teaches at a college
  9. 21. She gave birth to 9 of her husband's 15 children
  10. 23. Saved her husband's life by declining her husband's invitation to see a play alongside Lincoln
  11. 26. Was bartender during her husband's poker games
  12. 30. First First Lady to wear pants in public
  13. 33. First African-American First Lady
  14. 34. Chaired the first UN human rights commission
  15. 35. Played duets on piano with her spouse
  16. 38. Believed the her tenure as first lady to be divine punishment
  17. 40. Drove her car, which she adored, around Washington