beth truman did not want to be first lady. when harry accepted the nomination on the vice president ticket, she asked him, she said what are you going to do if the president dies? then you will be president she was not happy, he accepted the nomination without consulting her. she doesn't look real happy. she couldn't compete with eleanor roosevelt, and she didn't want to. when she becomes first lady, she asks to a have to give press conferences? when she found out she didn't have to, she canceled the one that was already scheduled, and she never gave one. she never gave a press conference, no interviews, she would answer written questions and sometimes, when she was asked spontaneously question, she would answer that. again, she is a very different woman that eleanor roosevelt. even though she kind of has a wealthy family, she is a working woman. her husband has a haberdashery in independence before he goes and politics. and she works their unpaid, the accountant. she is sales clerk when she needs to be. she didn't really have