Sibley A Companion to First Ladies

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-118-73218-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 760 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History

This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history.
* Underlines the growing scholarly appreciation of the First Ladies and the evolution of the position since the 18th century
* Explores the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands' legacies
* Brings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived both in popular literature and scholarly debate
* Provides concise biographical treatments for each First Lady

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sibley, Katherine A. S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Katherine A. S. Sibley
1. Martha Washington
Robert P. Watson
2. Abigail Adams: The Life and the Biographers
Margaret A. Hogan
3. Martha Jefferson Randolph, First Daughter
Billy Wayson
4. James and Dolley Madison and The Quest for Unity
Catherine Allgor
5. Elizabeth Monroe
Finn Pollard
6. A Monarch in a Republic: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams and Court Culture in Early Washington City
Catherine Allgor, Margery M. Heffron, and Amanda Mathews Norton
7. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: A Reluctant First Lady
Christina Mune
8. Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower
John F. Marszalek
9. The Ladies of Tippecanoe, And Tyler Too
Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy
10. Sarah Polk: Ideas of Her Own
Valerie Palmer-Mehta
11. Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce: Three Antebellum Presidents' Ladies
Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada
12. Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston
Thomas J. Balcerski
13. Mary Todd Lincoln
William D. Pederson
14. Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant
Pamela K. Sanfilippo
15. Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy
Benjamin T. Arrington
16. Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee
Merry Ellen Scofield
17. Ida McKinley: A Life of Contrasts
Louie P. Gallo
18. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: The Victorian Modern First Lady
Catherine Forslund
19. Helen Herron Taft: The Forgotten Impact of a Memorable First Lady
Rafaele Fierro
20. Ellen Axson Wilson
Lisa M. Burns
21. Edith Wilson: The First Lady in Charge
Barbara Klaczynska
22. Florence Kling Harding: Celebrity and Activist
Katherine A. S. Sibley
23. Grace Coolidge
Teri Finneman
24. The Historiography of Lou Henry Hoover
Nancy Beck Young
25. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Life Before and During the White House Years
Maurine H. Beasley
26. Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World
Maurine H. Beasley
27. Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace Truman
Michael J. Devine
28. Over-rated Pleasures and Under-rated Treasures: Mamie Eisenhower, A Bridge Between First Ladies Archetypes
Anthony Rama Maravillas
29. Jacqueline Kennedy
Katherine Jellison
30. Lady Bird Johnson
Lisa M. Burns
31. Pat Nixon: An Unlikely First Lady
Mary C. Brennan
32. Betty Ford: "When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary"
Myra Gutin
33. Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Kristin L. Ahlberg
34. Nancy Reagan
Jason Roberts
35. Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, Part I:1925-1988
Diana B. Carlin
36. Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, Part II: 1988-2015
Diana B. Carlin
37. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Janette Kenner Muir
38. Laura Welch Bush: Strength and Serenity in Turbulent Times
Anita McBride
39. First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, Part I
Nancy Kegan Smith and Diana B. Carlin
40. First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, Part II
Nancy Kegan Smith and Diana B. Carlin
Index