Asked whether she was happy to be taken on the title of first lady , mamie Eisenhower answerd without hesitation, "what American woman wouldn't want her husband to be the President? " as always, it was lke who came first with Mamie. Without any of the self- doubt and uncertainty about her role that plagued so many of her predeccessors, Mamie Eisenhower moved into the White House in 1953 and proudly called herself a housewife, admitting that the 1952 election had been the first in which she had voted.With her warm, unaffected manner, she won the affection of a nation devote to peace and prosperity