American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (532 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415930219 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 704 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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This new edition contains updated material on all the living First Ladies and updated bibliographies for each entry, as well as a portrait of the newest First Lady.. This volume presents thirty-nine interpretive biographical essays on all first ladies, from Martha Washington to America's newest First Lady, Laura Bush
RBBCopyright © American Library Association. Entry length varies from six (Letitia Tyler) to eighteen (Eleanor Roosevelt) pages. Other entries have been revised. All rights reserved. From Booklist The work of almost 30 historians, this volume is an update of a 1996 publication. Laura Bush makes a debut appearance, and there are new entries on Abigail Adams, Frances Cleveland, Lou Hoover, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Rosalynn Carter, and Nancy Reagan. Entries provide several pages of detailed biographical information followed by a bibliographic essay, each of which has been updated for this edition. presidents during their terms, thus excluding those like Martha Jefferson who died before their husbands took office. Coverage is restricted to the 39 women who were married to U.S. Two appendixes follow the text: the Siena College First Lady Polls for 1982 and 1993, and a chronology. Because of this, there are some presidenti