The 2021 First Ladies Symposium was a day-long event, hosted by the White House Historical Association in partnership with American University's First Ladies Initiative. This symposium featured prominent scholars, historians, and professionals who discussed first ladies and gender; first ladies reconsidered; first ladies and communications; and first ladies and their role in historic preservation efforts.

This panel features:

• Colleen Shogan, Senior Vice President and Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, White House Historical Association
• Sara Georgini, Series Editor for The Papers of John Adams, Massachusetts Historical Society
• Cassandra Good, Assistant Professor, Marymount University
• Marie Jenkins Schwartz, Professor Emerita, University of Rhode Island
• Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania and Curator for the National Portrait Gallery's Every Eye is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States