Reply #45: One can use the position as First Lady or ignore it. Clinton used it.

[Captain_Nemo]

Here are two links. It is sad to me that the position of first lady is so maligned in our country than when someone comes along who actually uses it (Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton) the position is still ignored.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lissa-muscatine-and-melanne-verveer/hillarys-unprecedented-e_b_76883.html

"Anyone who doubts Hillary Clinton's international experience might consult with democracy activists in the Slovak Republic, who remember when she stood in solidarity with them and publicly challenged their new government's suppression of civil society.

They might talk to women - from the Philippines to Latin America to the Middle East - who can vote, own property, or go to school, because Hillary Clinton helped start a global women's movement for women's rights. Or they might travel to Africa and Asia, where Hillary Clinton visited countless remote villages to show how the poorest of the poor could become entrepreneurial and self-sufficient when given access to small loans."

In addition:
The Foreign POlicy Activism of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p89072_index.html