The presidential companion : readings on the first ladies / edited by Robert P. Watson and Anthony J. Eksterowicz.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Watson, Robert P., 1962-
Eksterowicz, Anthony J.
Language:English
Published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2006], ©2006.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Presidents' spouses > United States.
Presidents' spouses > United States > History.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xviii, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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 and the transformation of 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 : the protective steward / James S. McCallops
  • Bess W. Truman : the reluctant first lady / Raymond Frey
  • Eleanor Roosevelt : an unlikely path to political activist / 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 : the movement toward integration with the White House office / Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Kristen Paynter
  • First ladies and policy making : crossing the public/private divide / Kay M. Knickrehm and Robin Teske
  • Copresident or codependent? the rise and rejection of presidential couples since World War 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 / Maryanne Borrelli
  • Something old, something new--Laura Bush's surprising political first ladyship / Robert P. Watson
  • Public perceptions of Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton : what the data tell us / Valerie A. Sulfaro.