The first ladies fact book
Subtitle: the childhoods, courtships, marriages, campaigns, accomplishments, and legacies of every first lady from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama
By: Bill Harris ; revised by Laura Ross
Contributors: Ross, Laura, 1956-
Edition: Revised and updated.
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 745
ISBN-13: 9781579128913
Subjects: Presidents' spouses; Miscellanea
Description: "This newly updated edition of The First Ladies Fact Book is a comprehensive, fascinating, and intimate look at the life of each first lady from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. Each profile includes a portrait, key biographical information, and several additional photographs. Among the topics covered are childhood and upbringing, early marriage years, the path to the White House, hobbies, career, style of dress, and decorating preferences. Find out which first lady: had the most children " served as a delegate to the United Nations " was accused of looting the White House " was a professional dancer " or never cooked a meal. Packed with information and surprising facts, The First Ladies Fact Book combines the breadth of a textbook with the intimacy of a biography."--Amazon.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Martha Washington -- Abigail Adams -- Martha Jefferson -- Dolley Madison -- Elizabeth Monroe -- Louisa Adams -- Rachel Jackson -- Hannah Van Buren -- Anna Harrison -- Letitia Tyler & Julia Tyler -- Sarah Polk -- Margaret Taylor -- Abigail Fillmore -- Jane Pierce -- Harriet Lane -- Mary Todd Lincoln -- Eliza Johnson -- Julia Grant -- Lucy Hayes -- Lucretia Garfield -- Ellen Arthur -- Frances Cleveland -- Caroline Harrison -- Ida McKinley -- Edith Roosevelt -- Helen Taft -- Ellen Wilson & Edith Wilson -- Florence Harding -- Grace Coolidge -- Lou Hoover -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Bess Truman -- Mamie Eisenhower -- Jacqueline Kennedy -- Lady Bird Johnson -- Pat Nixon -- Betty Ford -- Rosalynn Carter -- Nancy Reagan -- Barbara Bush -- Hillary Clinton -- Laura Bush -- Michelle Obama.