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100 1 $aAnthony, Carl Sferrazza.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90618541
245 10 $aNellie Taft :$bthe unconventional first lady of the ragtime era /$cCarl Sferrazza Anthony.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bWilliam Morrow,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $ax, 534 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [509]-513) and index.
520 1 $a"This is the first biography of Helen Herron Taft, the unconventional wife of the twenty-seventh President of the United States who, in an era before Eleanor Roosevelt, was overt about her power and saw to it that her husband both aspired to, and won, the highest office in the land." "On the morning of William Howard Taft's inauguration, Nellie Taft publicly expressed that theirs would be a joint administration by shattering precedent and demanding that she ride alongside her husband down Pennsylvania Avenue, a seat previously held for the outgoing President. In addition to her passion for entertaining, this progressive First Lady was an advocate for higher education and partial suffrage for women, initiated legislation to improve working conditions for federal employees, and created Washington's famous grove of blossoming cherry trees. She smoked, drank, and gambled without regard to societal judgment. During Taft's time as the governor general of the Philippines, she broke racial and class boundaries. Nellie Taft's fate was ultimately bound to larger events, including the Titanic sinking and Teddy Roosevelt's creation of the Bull Moose Party."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aTaft, Helen Herron,$d1861-1943.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85185523
600 10 $aTaft, William H.$q(William Howard),$d1857-1930.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022244
650 0 $aPresidents' spouses$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109323
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