American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their LegacyLewis L. Gould This volume presents thirty-nine interpretive biographical essays on all first ladies, from Martha Washington to America's newest First Lady, Laura Bush. This new edition contains updated material on all the living First Ladies and updated bibliographies for each entry, as well as a portrait of the newest First Lady. |
Contents
3 Dolley Payne Todd Madison | 3 |
19 Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison Charles W Calhoun | 19 |
Florence Mabel Kling Harding | 25 |
Julie K | 37 |
Lynn Hudson Parsons | 45 |
Nancy Beck Young | 57 |
Melba Porter | 65 |
9 | 75 |
183 | 207 |
Shelley Sallee | 227 |
Gould | 237 |
Carl Sferrazza Anthony | 247 |
Kristie Miller | 257 |
Debbie Mauldin Cottrell | 303 |
Mark Young | 311 |
Carl Sferrazza Anthony | 351 |
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