Screen LibraryThe Presidential Companion：Readings on the First Ladies
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| Group Author: | ; |
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University of South Carolina Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Columbia |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 349 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1570034613 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K837 |
| CLC: |
K837.127 K837.128.5 |
| Call Number: | K837.128.5/P933 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-331) and indexes. Martha Washington and the creation of the role of First Lady / Patricia Brady -- Political parties : first ladies and social events in the formation of the Federal government / Catherine Allgor -- Betty Ford transforms the role of First Lady / Mary Linehan -- True women : the roles and lives of antebellum presidential wives, Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce / Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada -- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson / James S. McCallops -- Bess W. Truman / Raymond Frey -- Eleanor Roosevelt / Susan Roth Breitzer -- Policy experts : congressional testimony and influence of first ladies / Colton C. Campbell and Sean E. McCluskie -- First ladies and U.S. foreign policy / Glenn Hastedt -- The evolution of the role and office of the First Lady / Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Kristen Paynter -- First ladies and policy making / Kay M. Knickrehm and Robin Teske -- Copresident or codependent? : the rise and rejection of presidential couples since World World II / Gil Troy -- Hillary's choices : the first ladyship of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the future of the office / Myra G. Gutin -- Sharing the bully pulpit : breast cancer and First Lady Betty Ford's leadership / Mary Anne Borrelli. |