The ‘First Partner’ takes on the ‘tradwife’

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is not a fan of the “tradwife” phenomenon.

The word “tradwife” is a portmanteau of “traditional wife.” It’s mostly a social media phenomenon, in which women post pictures of themselves in 1950s mode: wearing aprons, baking pies, cradling babies.

The underlying idea: women finding fulfillment in providing for their husbands’ and children’s...