History\'s Challenge to Laura Bush

November 13, 2001 - 4:23pm — Ieleen

Will Laura Bush become to our generation the icon that Eleanor Roosevelt was to hers? After the September terrorist attacks, she emerged on the scene as a gentle figure of motherhood to embrace and comfort a grieving nation. When asked how she perceives her role as First Lady in relation to the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, or Hilarry Clinton, her response was \"I view my role as first lady as Laura Bush.\" When it comes to favorite first ladies, it seems that her place in history has already been written. More