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Main Author: Caroli, Betty Boyd (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 1995
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Item Description:Includes index
As we move toward the year 2000, Americans continue to debate the job of First Lady. How much power does the position actually hold? How publicly should that power be wielded? First Ladies tells the story of this curious institution and the evolution of these women's role from ceremonial backdrop to substantive world figure. This expanded edition brings us up to the present, examining the legacies of our three most recent First Ladies: Nancy Reagan, credited with raising the job to that of "Associate President"; Barbara Bush, who took a more traditional approach); and Hillary Rodham
Introduction; 1. Setting Precedents: The First Presidents' Wives (1789-1829); 2. Young Substitutes for First Ladies (1829-1869); 3. Three Exceptions: Sarah Childress Polk, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Julia Dent Grant; 4. The Limited Promise of the "New Woman" (1877-1901); 5. The Office of First Lady: A Twentieth Century Development; 6. The Paradoxical 1920S; 7. Breaking Precedents and Reaffirming Old Ones (1933-1961); 8. The Turbulent Sixties; 9. New Dimensions to the Job of First Lady (1974-1993); 10. A New Generation in the White House (1993- ); 11. Presidential Wives and the Press
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 430 pages)
ISBN:0198020813
9780198020813

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