Hey, history lovers. I'm Mike Rosenwald with Retropod, a show about the past rediscovered.

Not long after Donald Trump took office, it became clear his daughter Ivanka would have a lot of influence.

Ivanka is the first, first daughter to score a West Wing office and hire a chief of staff.

But she's not the first presidential daughter to wield

power in the White House throughout American history. Today, I want to introduce you to some other

influential first daughters. First, Alice Roosevelt, Teddy's daughter. Alice Roosevelt showed up in Washington as a full-scale teen rebel.

She would smoke cigarettes on the White House roof

to protest her father's strict rules against women smoking.

Roosevelt once declared,

I can either run the country or I can attend to Alice,

but I can't possibly do both.

But after maturing a bit, Alice had a real impact in the administration. She had a way of convincing people to do things for her dad.

He even trusted her to carry out diplomatic missions.

In 1905, while helping mediate peace between Japan and Russia, Teddy sent Alice on a diplomatic

tour throughout Asia. She had one-on-one access to some of the region's most powerful figures.

She also struck up a romance with an Ohio congressman she would later marry.

Maureen Reagan, daughter of Ronald, was another influencer.

Murmie, as her dad called her, lived at the White House during much of her dad's presidency,

where she was reportedly a voice of moderation on women's issues.

Later, she was active in party politics.

She co-chaired the Republican National Committee and ran for public office twice

in California, though she was unsuccessful. And then there's another Roosevelt, Anna, daughter

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