The First Lady: Season 1
Season one focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama.
Season overview
Season one focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
that white house
Apr 17, 2022 · 56 min
After Franklin’s sudden polio diagnosis, Eleanor Roosevelt commits to enabling his political future despite pressure from her mother-in-law, Sara. As the Watergate scandal unfolds,
voices carry
Apr 24, 2022 · 55 min
Moved by the toll the Great Depression has taken on the country, Eleanor presses Franklin to act more boldly and lobbies for an unprecedented formal position in the administration
please allow me
May 1, 2022 · 58 min
Young Eleanor reluctantly cuts short her progressive education in London to make her dreaded societal debut as a member of New York’s prestigious Roosevelt family, which includes h
cracked pot
May 8, 2022 · 59 min
Years before first entering the White House, Eleanor discovers Franklin’s marital indiscretions, which push her to socialize with more independent, politically active women in the
see saw
May 15, 2022 · 54 min
Frustrated by the male dominated world of media and politics, Eleanor holds the White House’s first all-female press conference and grows closer to journalist Lorena “Hick” Hickock
shout out
May 22, 2022 · 55 min
Eleanor moves Hick into an adjacent bedroom in the White House while Franklin has the FBI surveil her actions. Inspired by her growing influence and popularity, Betty steers a Whit
nadir
May 29, 2022 · 51 min
After African-American opera singer Marian Anderson is banned from performing for the Daughters of the American Revolution, Eleanor leaves the group and doubles down on her efforts
punch perfect
Jun 5, 2022 · 54 min
Dissatisfied with Franklin’s complacency over growing international atrocities in Europe, Eleanor forces his hand to assist Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Having retired to
rift
Jun 12, 2022 · 54 min
As Franklin helms the United States’ entry into World War II, Eleanor patriotically rallies the country as First Lady, which leaves Hick neglected on the sidelines. After Betty’s s
victory dance
Jun 19, 2022 · 56 min
Eleanor receives a last gift from an ailing Franklin: the charter for the League of Nations, a blueprint for their shared lifelong dream of world peace. Betty overcomes vulnerable