First lady Florence harding
Subtitle: behind the tragedy and controversy
By: Katherine A. S. Sibley.
Series: Modern first ladies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Lawerence]
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780700616497
Subjects: Harding, Florence Kling, -- 1860-1924; Harding, Warren G. -- 1865-1923; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Turning to primary sources others have overlooked, Sibley challenges the cliches about Florence Harding's time in the national spotlight. She describes her support for racial equality, lobbying for better treatment for veterans and female prisoners and her lifelong interest in preventing animal cruelty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Early life, marriages, and Ohio politics, 1860-1915; title: Washington life and the presidential campaign, 1915-1921; title: Inaugural year, 1921; title: Defining the job, January-August 1922; title: Crisis and convalescence, September 1922-August 1923; title: Crossing the country, June-August 1923; title: Harding's death and its aftermath, August 1923; title: Widowhood, August 1923-November 1924; title: Bibliographic essay