A Second Lady is a title sometimes used in reference to the wife of a vice president, styled relative to the title of First Lady, the wife of a president. Although no country grants any legal power to any second lady, oftentimes, their duties include the following:
hosting during receptions at the vice presidential residence
I'm delighted to be with so many distinguished community leaders for our Second Regional Conference on Helping America's Youth.
The first conference, as many of you may know, was in Washington last October, and then we had a conference in Indianapolis.
The work that each one of you do in your communities, helping young people build the knowledge and the self-respect they need to lead successful lives, is at the heart of Helping America's Youth.
The SecondLady of the United States is an unofficial title for the wife of the Vice President of the United States styled relatively to the formal title of the First Lady who is wife to the President and principal hostess of the White House.
The visibility of the wife of the Vice President has been a recent development as late 20th century and early 21st century vice presidential wives increasingly took on public policy roles that attracted a great deal of media attention.
Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee, is often considered the first of modern SecondLadies.
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