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America's most influential first ladies

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Examines the various contributions of eleven first ladies including Dolley Madison, Mary Lincoln, Nellie Taft, Florence Harding, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, and Hillary Clinton.

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Publisher
Oliver Press
Language
English
Pages
160

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2003, Oliver Press
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Foreword 7
Introduction 9
Chapter 1 Dolley Madison
Queen of Hearts17
Chapter 2 Mary Lincoln
A Life of Strife 31
Chapter 3 Nellie Taft
A Political Lady45
Chapter 4 Florence Harding
A Busy, Businesslike First Lady 57
Chapter 5 Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of the World 69
Chapter 6 Jacqueline Kennedy
The Art of Being First Lady 83
Chapter 7 Lady Bird Johnson
Keeping America Beautiful 95
Chapter 8 Betty Ford
Advocate for American Women 107
Chapter 9 Rosalynn Carter
Shedding Light on Mental Health 119
Chapter 10 Nancy Reagan
First of All a W ife 131
Chapter 11 Hillary Clinton
First Lady in the Senate 143
Bibliography 154
Index155.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154) and index.

Published in
Minneapolis, Minn
Series
Profiles, Profiles (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Genre
Biography, Juvenile literature., Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973/.09/9, B
Library of Congress
E176.2 .A57 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
160 p. :
Number of pages
160

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3565924M
Internet Archive
americasmostinfl0000anth
ISBN 10
1881508692
LCCN
2002041034
OCLC/WorldCat
51222272
Library Thing
8667579
Goodreads
1126784

Work Description

Examines the contributions and accomplishments of eleven presidential wives: Dolley Madison, Mary Lincoln, Nellie Taft, Florence Harding, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, and Nancy Reagan.

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