Presidential Wives: An Anecdotal History

by PaulF.BollerJr. (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2000

  $18.25

  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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  Paperback
  1989

  $3.27

  This 3rd book in Professor Boller's series of Presidential Anecdotes , looks at the women who have presided at the White House alongside their President husbands. The First Ladies featured include Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Louisa Stanton Adams, Mary Todd Lincoln, Edith Galt Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalind Carter, and Nancy Reagan. Each is described in an introductory section, describing the woman and her contribution both to her husband's administration and to the history of the period, followed by anecdotes that give particular insight into her personality and achievements.