Look Who’s a Curly Girl!

Michelle Obama was rocking a pretty fabulous curly ‘do at this month’s state dinner (along with an electric blue gown and killer rhinestone belt–hello, Eighties-chic!).

I flipped through the First Ladies Fandex and discovered that Michelle is by no means the first Curly Girl to grace the White House with her presence.  Since I’m working on an update of our awesome book, Curly Girl, and have curls on the brain, I’ve decided that it is very important to create a list of these lovely Ladies for posterity.

First Curly Ladies of the United States of America,
organized by curl type :

Tight little cherub curls

• Hannah Van Buren
• Dorothea Madison
• Martha Jefferson
• Abigail Adams
• Martha Washington

Bouncy sausage curls

• Abigail Fillmore
• Jane Pierce
• Julia Grant

Curls that poof on top of her head

• Florence Harding
• Ellen Wilson
• Ida McKinley
• Caroline Harrison
• Frances Cleveland

Cute little spit curls

• Elizabeth Monroe

Short halo curls

• Barbara Bush
• Nancy Reagan

Man-made curls (we can’t all be natural Curly Girls!)

• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Elizabeth Truman
• Rachel Jackson
• Louisa Adams

Sometimes curly

• Michelle Obama

One day, history will thank me for making this Very Important List.