Jeanette Dousdebes is a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader.
Kelley Paul left her job at Republican consulting firm Strategy Group for Media in 2013, and is now working on an oral history of stories about strong women. Kelley met Paul at a 1989 backyard oyster roast in Atlanta.
Columba Bush was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. She is involved with arts and domestic-violence philanthropies.
Heidi Cruz is a managing director at Goldman Sachs. She met Ted Cruz while working on George W. Bush's presidential campaign in 2000.
Frank Fiorina is a retired AT&T executive.
Janet Huckabee was heavily involved in Habitat for Humanity projects in her time as Arkansas first lady. In 2002, she ran for Arkansas secretary of State, while her husband ran for reelection as governor. She lost the election, but he won.
Supriya Jolly Jindal worked for Monsanto Chemicals and then the Albermarle Corporation before opting to raise her children at home and support her husband's political career. According to the Louisiana first lady's website, she is the only first spouse in the nation to hold an engineering degree.
Karen Kasich was a vice president for GSW Worldwide.
Mary Pat Christie is a managing director at Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Anita Thigpen Perry was a nurse for more than 17 years. The Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing at Texas Tech University was named for her.
Karen Garver Santorum was a neo-natal nurse when she met Santorum. She wrote a book about her miscarried son called "Letters to Gabriel."
Katie O'Malley is a district court judge in Baltimore.
Hong Le Webb is a securities lawyer. She was born in Vietnam, but her family fled Saigon in 1975, when she was seven.
Bill Clinton served as the 42nd president of the United States.