Frustrated by the male dominated world of media and politics,Eleanor holds the White House's first all-female pressconference and grows closer to journalist Lorena"Hick" Hickock. Betty's public announcement of herbreast cancer diagnosis shifts opinion of the FordAdministration away from Jerry's controversial pardon of Nixonand makes Betty a popular figure among American women. AfterBarack gets clobbered in the midterms, Michelle launches a newhealthy school lunch program, which prompts a stalled Congressto enact new legislation.
