It's normally the spouse of the future President, that is, Michelle Obama in this case.
It's not clear yet, but the security test was made with this arrangement and it is custom.
See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/31/AR2008123103082.html
See the photo at http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-11-obama-rehersal_N.htm
Eve was the first lady in the bible.
=Martha Washington=
To walk with the president and go to all the Balls with him.
Jackie Kennedy Jackie Kennedy
in the Bible it said it was Eve.
March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945This was before the inauguration was moved to January.
Eleanor roosevelt
Eve - as in the Bible story of Adam and Eve Madam - (possibly) if you are referring to the presidential First Lady
Woodrow Wilson's second inauguration in 1917 was the first in which women marched in the inaugural parade. (This was also the first time the first lady accompanied the president to and frorm the capitol.)
Rachel Donelson Jackson (1767-1828) died after her husband, President-Elect Andrew Jackson was elected in November, 1828, but before his inauguration in March, 1829. She was buried on Christmas Eve at the Hermitage, their home near Nashville, Tennessee, in the white dress she had bought for the upcoming inauguration festivities.
According to the Bible, Eve. According to science ... we have no idea, but she probably lived in Africa.
lady jane greys parents were called edward v and mary the first lady jane grey got her name from and extract in the bible luke 911.6