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class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/marthajefferson">Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/janepierce">Jane Means Appleton Pierce</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-2"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/dolleymadison">Dolley Payne Todd Madison</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/harrietlane">Harriet Lane</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-3"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/elizabethmonroe">Elizabeth Kortright Monroe</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/marylincoln">Mary Todd Lincoln</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-4"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/louisaadams">Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/elizajohnson">Eliza McCardle Johnson</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-5"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a 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class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/francescleveland">Frances Folsom Cleveland</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-10"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/sarahpolk">Sarah Childress Polk</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/carolineharrison">Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-11"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/margarettaylor">Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a 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href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/bettyford">Elizabeth Bloomer Ford</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-6"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/gracecoolidge">Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/rosalynncarter">Rosalynn Smith Carter</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-7"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/louhoover">Lou Henry Hoover</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/nancyreagan">Nancy Davis Reagan</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-8"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/eleanorroosevelt">Anna Eleanor Roosevelt</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/barbarabush">Barbara Pierce Bush</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> <tr class="row-9 row-last"> <td class="col-1"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/besstruman">Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman</a></span> </span> </td> <td class="col-2"> <span class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20110723034907/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/hillaryclinton">Hillary Rodham Clinton</a></span> </span> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 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