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"It became the center of social and ceremonial life, an essential counterpart to the political and administrative workings of the West Wing. During Trump’s first term, the East Wing stood largely dormant. With it gone, Trump commented that 'it was never thought of as being much,' revealing less about the building than about his indifference to its history."
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"When bulldozers began to tear down the East Wing of the White House this week to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom, historians raised alarms that important American history was being buried in the rubble, including chapters about previous first ladies and their roles uplifting women going back nearly a century."
~ Errin Haines, Amanda Becker
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https://19thnews.org/2025/10/east-wing-first-ladies-history-demolished-trump-ballroom/
"From the East Wing, [Eleanor] Roosevelt expanded the role of first lady, working to highlight women with intention. Her first news conference, on March 6, 1933, featured 35 reporters, all of them women. During her tenure, she held nearly 350 news conferences, helping to elevate the role of women in national and political life, as well as in journalism."
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