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.
Liaquat Ali Khan's state visit to the United States Liaquat Ali Khan's state visit to the United States The state visit of Liaquat Ali Khan to the United States from 3 May to 26 May 1950, was an official state visit paid by the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, accompanied by the First Lady of Pakistan, Sheila Irene Pant. Personal initiatives and invitation facilitated by the President of the United States, Harry Truman, Prime Minister of Pakistan Ali Khan and First Lady of Pakistan Begum Ali Khan, were received by the general American public when the state airlines carrying the delegation landed at the New Orleans