YOUNGSTOWN — Andrew Och’s PowerPoint presentation and question-and-answer session lasted 90 minutes, but the award-winning author and producer, known as “The First Ladies Man,” could have gone on for hours discussing “First Ladies in Wartime: An Interactive Lecture with Andrew Och” Monday afternoon at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor.

Hosted by the Youngstown State University Department of Humanities through the Reeder Endowment in History, Och enthusiastically shared pre-White House stories and detailed insights about 10 first ladies while also discussing their leadership qualities and overall contributions to presidents and the United States.

He brought up the influence behind the scenes by Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Mary Lincoln, Lucy Hayes

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