American first ladies
By: editor, Robert P. Watson.
Contributors: Watson, Robert P., 1962-
Publisher: Salem Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Pasadena, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
Subjects: Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- History; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Social life and customs; Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Genres: Biography.
Description: Profiles First Ladies from Martha Washington to Laura Bush, providing portraits and describing each woman's early life, marriage and family, years as First Lady, and legacy; and also includes articles on the roles that the First Lady plays, an annotated bibliography, and contact information for libraries, museums, and historic sites.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-439) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction1; title: Martha Washington9; title: Abigail Adams 19; title: Martha Jefferson and Patsy Jefferson Randolph 28; title: Iolley M adison 34; title: Elizabeth Monroe 44; title: Louisa Adams49; title: Rachel Jackson54; title: Hannah Van Buren and Angelica Singleton Van Buren60; title: Anna Harrison65; title: Letitia Tyler72; title: Julia Tyler77; title: Sarah Polk83; title: Margaret Taylor92; title: Abigail Fillmore 98; title: Jane Pierce103; title: H arriet Lane 108; title: Mary Lincoln113; title: Eliza Johnson 120; title: Julia Grant125; title: Lucy Hayes132; title: Lucretia Garfield 144; title: Ellen Arthur 149; title: Frances Cleveland154; title: Caroline Harrison160; title: Ida McKinley167; title: Edith Roosevelt176; title: H elen Taft183; title: Ellen W ilson190; title: Edith Wilson197; title: Florence Harding204; title: Grace Coolidge211; title: Lou Hoover 217; title: Eleanor Roosevelt224; title: Bess Truman236; title: Mamie Eisenhower 243; title: Jacqueline Kennedy250; title: Lady Bird Johnson 259; title: Pat Nixon 268; title: Betty Ford 278; title: Rosalynn Carter 287; title: Nancy Reagan 298; title: Barbara Bush 308; title: Hillary Rodham Clinton317; title: Laura Bush327; title: Presidential Partners332; title: White House Manager341; title: Nation's Social Hostess349; title: First Ladies and Social Causes357; title: First Ladies and Presidential Campaigns366; title: First Ladies and Policy Issues375; title: First Ladies and Legislative Activism386; title: Family Life in the White House394; title: Other White House Hostesses404; title: Chronological List of First Ladies413; title: Chronological List of Presidents415; title: Libraries, Museums, Historic Sites, and World Wide Web Sites417; title: Bibliography427; title: Index III.