First ladies presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic American women
A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians for C-SPAN's yearlong history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image. This book provides an up-close historical look at these fascinating women who survived the scrutin...
| Corporate Authors: | C-SPAN (Television network) (Contributor) |
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| Other Authors: | Swain, Susan (Editor) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
PublicAffairs,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Martha Dandridge Washington / Patricia Brady, Richard Norton Smith
- Abigail Smith Adams / Edith Gelles, C. James Taylor
- Martha Wayles Jefferson / Catherine Allgor, William Seale
- Dolley Payne Madison / Catherine Allgor, Edith Mayo
- Elizabeth Kortright Monroe / Daniel Preston, Richard Norton Smith
- Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams / Amanda Mathews, Richard Norton Smith
- Rachel Donelson Jackson / Patricia Brady, Michael Henderson
- Hannah Hoes Van Buren / Patricia Brady, Michael Henderson
- Anna Symmes Harrison / Edith Mayo, Edna Greene Medford
- Letitia Christian Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler / Edna Greene Medford, Taylor Stoermer
- Sarah Childress Polk / Paul Finkelman, Conover Hunt
- Margaret Smith Taylor / Paul Finkelman, Conover Hunt
- Abigail Powers Fillmore / Paul Finkelman, Conover Hunt
- Jane Appleton Pierce / Ann Covell
- Harriet Lane / Ann Covell, Feather Schwartz Foster
- Mary Todd Lincoln / Richard Norton Smith, Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
- Eliza McCardle Johnson / Jacqueline Berger, Kendra Hinkle
- Julia Dent Grant / Pamela Sanfilippo, William Seale
- Lucy Webb Hayes / Allida Black, Tom Culbertson
- Lucretia Rudolph Garfield / Carl Sferrazza Anthony
- Ellen Herndon Arthur / Carl Sferrazza Anthony
- Frances Folsom Cleveland / Annette Dunlap, Taylor Stoermer
- Caroline Scott Harrison / Edith Mayo, William Seale
- Ida Saxton McKinley / Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Richard Norton Smith
- Edith Carow Roosevelt / Stacy Cordery, Kathleen Dalton
- Helen Herron Taft / Jane Hampton Cook, Lewis Gould
- Ellen Axson Wilson, Edith Bolling Wilson / John Milton Cooper, Kristie Miller
- Florence Kling Harding / David Pietrusza, Katherine Sibley
- Grace Goodhue Coolidge / Cyndy Bittinger, Amity Shlaes
- Lou Henry Hoover / Emily Charnock, Annette Dunlap
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt / Allida Black, Douglas Brinkley
- Elizabeth (Bess) Wallace Truman / Nicole Anslover, William Seale
- Mamie Doud Eisenhower / Marilyn Irvin Holt, Edith Mayo
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy / Michael Beschloss, Barbara Perry
- Claudia (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson / Betty Boyd Caroli, Cokie Roberts
- Patricia Ryan Nixon / Mary Brennan, Timothy Naftali
- Elizabeth (Betty) Bloomer Ford / Richard Norton Smith
- Rosalynn Smith Carter / Jay Hakes, Grace Hale
- Nancy Davis Reagan / Carl Cannon, Judy Woodruff
- Barbara Pierce Bush / Jeffrey Engle, Myra Gutin
- Hillary Rodham Clinton / David Maraniss, Gail Sheehy
- Laura Welch Bush / Ann Gerhart, Mark Updegrove
- Michelle Robinson Obama / Liza Mundy, Krissah Thompson.