A Paycheck for Presidents' Spouses?

Valuable work merits a salary, proponents say; female chiefs fear being put at a disadvantage

Like many a presidential spouse before her, Mary Ann Shaw helps her husband, Kenneth A. Shaw, carry out the professional and social obligations of his job as chancellor of Syracuse University.

Ms. Shaw, however, has a formal job title -- associate of the chancellor


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