Office of the First Lady of the United States Staff, White House Social Secretary, Press Secretary, White House Chief Floral Designer, and White House Executive Chef. Though the persona, activities, and initiatives of the First Lady have always been significant to the history of the United States, the first First Lady to hire federally funded staff was Edith Roosevelt, who hired Belle Hagner as the first White House Social Secretary on October 2, 1901. Eleanor Roosevelt became the first First Lady to expand the office beyond social and administrative secretaries by hiring Malvina Thompson as her personal secretary and Jackie Kennedy was the first to employ a Press Secretary.
United States Mission to the United Nations the dedication ceremony. United States Mission to the United Nations The United States Mission to the United Nations is the formal title of the United States delegation to the United Nations (UN). Each nation at the UN has a similar delegation, although only a few are members of the United Nations Security Council. The United States Mission joined in the original founding of the UN, among 51 member states, under the United Nations Charter in 1945. There are several major leadership roles in the US Mission. The primary role, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, is the leader of