Leading Ladies ia an inventive and engaging event focuses on five more noted American Women who were all the “first” to do something. Including: Dolly Madison tells her story of saving the Declaration of Independence during the War of 1812 and how she served as the “Hostess in the President’s House” for sixteen years; Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American Woman to become a doctor. She tells the story of her first day at medical school; Nellie Bly was the first under cover reporter. She tells of the story of how she spent ten days in Blackwell’s Island...New York’s notorious madhouse; Belva Lockwood, in 1884, was the first woman to run for President. Belva Lockwood also sings and talks about Eleanor Roosevelt, the remarkable American Woman who never wanted to be a president’s wife, but came to be known as “First Lady of the World.”