She had an office in the West Wing of the White House and is regarded as the most openly empowered presidential wife in American history, save for Eleanor Roosevelt.
There followed Haig explosions right and left over appointments, or statements of policy, which he had not authorised: fearsome times when the general turned purple, pounded the table and roared his displeasure.
But they were in reality powerless because they weren't allowed to actually vote on anything and this situation of the non-voting delegate to the house still exists today.