The Presidential Companion
Subtitle: readings on the First Ladies
By: edited by Robert P. Watson and Anthony J. Eksterowicz.
Contributors: Watson, Robert P., 1962-; Eksterowicz, Anthony J.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Presidents' spouses -- United States.; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- History.; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-331) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Martha Washington and the creation of the role of First Lady / Patricia Brady; title: Political parties : first ladies and social events in the formation of the Federal government / Catherine Allgor; title: Betty Ford transforms the role of First Lady / Mary Linehan; title: True women : the roles and lives of antebellum presidential wives, Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce / Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada; title: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson / James S. McCallops; title: Bess W. Truman / Raymond Frey; title: Eleanor Roosevelt / Susan Roth Breitzer; title: Policy experts : congressional testimony and influence of first ladies / Colton C. Campbell and Sean E. McCluskie; title: First ladies and U.S. foreign policy / Glenn Hastedt; title: The evolution of the role and office of the First Lady / Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Kristen Paynter; title: First ladies and policy making / Kay M. Knickrehm and Robin Teske; title: Copresident or codependent? : the rise and rejection of presidential couples since World World II / Gil Troy; title: Hillary's choices : the first ladyship of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the future of the office / Myra G. Gutin; title: Sharing the bully pulpit : breast cancer and First Lady Betty Ford's leadership / Mary Anne Borrelli.