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Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women
Public Affairs
April 2015
On Sale: April 14, 2015
496 pages
ISBN: 1610395662
EAN: 9781610395663
Kindle: B00PWX7UCG
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Non-Fiction Biography
A look inside the personal life of every first lady in
American history, based on original interviews with major
historians
C-SPAN’s yearlong history series,
First Ladies: Influence and Image, featured
interviews with more than fifty preeminent historians and
biographers. In this informative book, these experts paint
intimate portraits of all forty-five first ladies—their
lives, ambitions, and unique partnerships with their
presidential spouses. Susan Swain and the C-SPAN team elicit
the details that made these women who they were: how Martha
Washington intentionally set the standards followed by first
ladies for the next century; how Edith Wilson was complicit
in the cover-up when President Wilson became incapacitated
after a stroke; and how Mamie Eisenhower used the new medium
of television to reinforce her, and her husband’s, positive
public images.
This book provides an up-close
historical look at these fascinating women who survived the
scrutiny of the White House, sometimes at great personal
cost, while supporting their families and famous
husbands—and sometimes changing history. Complete with
illustrations and essential biographical details, it is an
illuminating, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring read.
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