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First Ladies: The Ever Changing Role, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump
Full title: | First Ladies: The Ever Changing Role, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump |
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ISBN: | 9780190669133 |
ISBN 10: | 0190669136 |
Authors: | Caroli, Betty Boyd |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Edition: | 5 |
Num. pages: | 480 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2019 |
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Synopsis
Betty Boyd Caroli's First Ladies Observes The Role As It Has Shifted And Evolved From Ceremonial Backdrop To Substantive World Figure ... This [is A] Expanded And Updated Fifth Edition ... Covering All Forty-three Women From Martha Washington To Melania And Ivanka Trump And Including The Daughters, Daughters-in-law, And Sisters Of Presidents Who Sometimes Served As First Ladies. Caroli Explores Each Woman's Background, Marriage, And Accomplishments And Failures In Office. First Ladies Is A Portrait Of How Each First Lady Changed The Role And How The Role Changed In Response To American Culture. These Women Left Remarkably Complete Records, And Their Stories Offer Us A Window Through Which To View Not Only This Particular Sorority Of Women, But Also The Role Of American Women In General.--provided By Publisher. Setting Precedents: The First Presidents' Wives (1789-1829) -- Young Substitutes For First Ladies (1829-1869) -- Three Exceptions: Sarah, Childress Polk, Mary Todd Lincoln, And Julia Dentt -- The Limited Promise Of The New Woman (1877-1901) -- The Office Of First Lady: A Twentieth-century Development -- The Paradoxical 1920s -- Breaking Precedents And Reaffirming Old Ones (1933-1961) -- The Turbulent Sixties -- New Dimensions To The Job Of First Lady (1974-1993) -- A New Generation In The White House (1993-2017) -- The Ever-changing Role Of First Lady. Betty Boyd Caroli. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.