Title: Presidents' wives : the lives of 44 American women of strength /
Authors: Waldrup, Carole Chandler, 1925-2011
Publisher: McFarland & Co.,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Presidents' spouses United States Biography
Abstract: This book came to be written because of my strong belief that the wives of the Presidents are not receiving fair treatment in the media -- or in history. The Presidents' wives through the years have encouraged their husbands to discuss problems with them, been protective of their husbands when they are ill, and defended and encouraged their children. These are traits and actions common to many women. Most had individual pursuits and enjoyments as well, from painting to politics. I want my readers to get acquainted with each woman AS a woman, and as an individual.
Contents: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington -- Abigail Smith Adams -- Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson -- Dorothea (Dolley) Payne Todd Madison -- Elizabeth Kortright Monroe -- Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams -- Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson -- Hannah Hoes Van Buren -- Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison -- Letitia Christian Tyler -- Julia Gardiner Tyler -- Sarah Childress Polk -- Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor -- Abigail Powers Fillmore -- Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore -- Jane Means Appleton Pierce -- Mary Todd Lincoln -- Eliza McCardle Johnson -- Julia Boggs Dent Grant -- Lucy Ware Webb Hayes -- Lucretia Rudolph Garfield -- Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur -- Frances Folsom Cleveland -- Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison -- Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison -- Ida Saxton McKinley -- Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt -- Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt -- Helen Herron Taft -- Ellen Louise Axson Wilson -- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson -- Florence Mabel Kling De Wolfe Harding -- Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge -- Lou Henry Hoover -- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt -- Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman -- Mary Geneva Doud Eisenhower -- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis -- Claudia (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson -- Thelma Catherine (Patricia) Ryan Nixon -- Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Bloomer Warren Ford -- Rosalynn Smith Carter -- Sara Jane Fulks Wyman (Reagan) -- Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins) Reagan -- Bibliography -- Index.