Top 5 First Ladies More Qualified to be President than Hillary Clinton

5. Edith Roosevelt

Although they had been childhood sweethearts, Edith Roosevelt became Theodore Roosevelt’s second wife in 1886, after the death of his first wife, Alice. They went on to have to have five children of their own, in addition to Roosevelt’s daughter Alice by his first marriage. When in 1901, Teddy Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States, Edith Roosevelt found that the White House was not big enough for their large family. The Roosevelts secured permission and funding from Congress to extensively remodel the White House, and the West Wing, which separates the family quarters from the presidential offices, was their contribution.

An intelligent woman with powerful connections of her own, Edith Roosevelt helped her husband while he was president to learn about international events. She corresponded privately with Cecil Spring-Rice, a junior British ambassador who had been the best man at her wedding, and Teddy Roosevelt used information from this correspondence to negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War, which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.

While Edith Roosevelt stayed in the background during her husband’s presidency and did not attempt to govern, she did have strong political opinions. Long after her husband had died, Edith took to the political stage in 1932 to campaign on behalf of Herbert Hoover — and against Franklin Delano Roosevelt! A proud Republican, Edith Roosevelt spoke on behalf of Herbert Hoover and free enterprise at Madison Square Garden.

If Edith Roosevelt had been called upon to run for the presidency, she would have been better qualified than Hillary Clinton.