Hidden power
Subtitle: presidential marriages that shaped our recent history
By: Kati Marton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Biography.; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Political activity.; Married people -- United States -- Biography.; Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- Case studies.; United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies.
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: "Each of the marriages that Kati Marton examines in this book offers up its own lessons about power and marriage, about the influence of presidential wives, and about the evolution of women's roles in the twentieth century. Based on private White House documents and on interviews with the participants and with eyewitnesses to presidential events, Hidden Power explores how both the personal dynamics and public faces of White House marriages have shaped our history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: I EDITH AND WOODROW WILSON FoolsforLove13; title: 2 ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT The Partnership; title: That Changed the World 45; title: BESS AND HARRY TRUMAN: The Good Husband88; title: JACQUEIINE AND JOHN F KENNEDY: A Marriage All the Same104; title: LADY BIRD AND LYNDONJOHNSON: TheSingular Object; title: of TheirAffecion I 137; title: PAT AND RICHARD NIXON: Misalliane171; title: BETTY AND GERALD FORD: Ordinary People199; title: ROSALYNN AND JIMMY CARTER: Virtue Unrewarded215; title: NANCY AND RONALD REAGAN: VirtuallyPerfect244; title: BARBARA AND GEORGE BUSH: Mother Knows Best274; title: HILARY AND BILL CLINTON: Unlimited Partnership306; title: LAURA AND GEORGE W. BUSH351.