Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Subtitle: The General's First Lady (Modern First Ladies)
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: October 21, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780700615391
Subjects: Biography: general; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; First Ladies; United States - 20th Century; Women; Presidents & Heads of State; Women's Studies - General; Biography; Generals' spouses; President's spouses; United States
Description: A biography of Mamie Eisenhower, who accomplished many things that were overlooked by her contemporaries and used her popularity to the benefit of her husband while changing the role of first lady, and covers her experience as an army wife and how it prepared her for the White House during the McCarthy era.