First Ladies Symposium: First Ladies and Historic Preservation

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:

• Katherine Malone-France, Chief Preservation Officer, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Barbara Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies, University of Virginia's Miller Center
• Nancy Kegan Smith, Former Director of the Presidential Materials Staff, National Archives and Records Administration
• Mary C. Brennan, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University