Presidential WivesOxford University Press, 1998 - 553 páginas In Presidential Wives, Paul Boller brings his gift for telling detail to bear on the women our Presidents married, and the result is a biographical feat--at once funny and poignant, dramatic and illuminating, covering every First Lady from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Boller devotes a full chapter to each of his subjects, featuring an incisive biographical essay followed by a selection of revealing anecdotes. Through his portrayal of such a diverse group of women, Boller sheds new light on how much the institution of the presidency tells us about ourselves and our life as a nation. First published in 1988, this second edition has been revised to include updated information on people such as Nancy Reagan and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, a new preface, and new chapters devoted to Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
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Martha Washington 17311802 | 3 |
Abigail Adams 17441818 | 13 |
Martha Jefferson 17491782 | 31 |
5 | 37 |
Elizabeth Monroe 17681830 | 49 |
Rachel Jackson 17671828 | 65 |
Hannah Van Buren 17831819 | 73 |
Abigail Fillmore 17991853 | 100 |
22 | 189 |
Alice Lee Roosevelt 18611884 | 193 |
Helen Herron Taft 18611943 | 206 |
27 | 212 |
Mamie Doud Eisenhower 18961979 | 332 |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy 19291994 | 353 |
Lady Bird Johnson 1912 | 378 |
37 | 384 |
Mary Todd Lincoln 18181882 | 109 |
Eliza Johnson 18101876 | 128 |
Lucy Webb Hayes 18311889 | 147 |
Frances Cleveland 18641947 | 166 |
Barbara Bush 1925 | 472 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton 1947 | 480 |
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