Madame Nhu
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Trần Lệ Xuân, more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to
Madame Nhu in the 1950s
Madame Nhu, wearing her signature áo dài, and then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson in May 1961.
Madame Nhu (center) with her daughter Le Thuy (left) and Frances Lewine (right), before speaking at the Women's National Press Club at the Statler Hilton Hotel
Ngô Đình Lệ Quyên
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Ngô Đình Lệ Quyên, was a South Vietnamese-born Italian lawyer who served as commissioner of immigration for the city of Rome.
Madame Nhu
…and later Italy, with her children. Her daughter, Lệ Thủy, died in 1967, at age 22, in a car accident in Longjumeau, France. Her younger daughter, Ngô Đình Lệ Quyên, who grew up to be an Italian-Vietnamese human rights lawyer, also died in a car accident in 2012. In November 1982 Madame Nhu accorded a first significant…
Ngô Đình Lệ Quyên