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minus-squareUrfgurgle@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoWhat? The term “second lady” most certainly existed long before this.
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days ago The term “second lady” most certainly existed long before this. But only in the US as far as I know. Most other countries don’t have a title or official position for the spouses of the elected heads of state.
minus-squareUrfgurgle@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_lady https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_lady Many do, though the title is perhaps not used as often in most as it is in USA
minus-squarekent_ehlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAnd in those few other examples, it’s not a position that has any particular importance to the state. Where the US first lady has often acted in a pseudu-ambasador role.
What? The term “second lady” most certainly existed long before this.
But only in the US as far as I know.
Most other countries don’t have a title or official position for the spouses of the elected heads of state.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_lady https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_lady
Many do, though the title is perhaps not used as often in most as it is in USA
And in those few other examples, it’s not a position that has any particular importance to the state.
Where the US first lady has often acted in a pseudu-ambasador role.