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First Ladies by Betty Boyd Caroli (1988, Trade Paperback)
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- 9780195056549
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019505654X
ISBN-13
9780195056549
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038303086
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
428 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
First Ladies
Subject
Women, Linguistics / General
Publication Year
1988
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
973/.0992
Synopsis
This book offers the first full treatment of the institution of First Lady, providing a portrait of each woman, her background, her marriage, and what she accomplished (or failed to accomplish) in office. Caroli reveals not only how each First Lady changed the role, but also how the role changed in response to American culture. Because of their position, these women left remarkably complete records, and their stories offer us an insider's view not only of this particular sorority of women, but also of American women in general., Today women dream of being president, yet in earlier generations women dreamed of being the president's wife. First Ladies tells the story of those women and of the evolution of their role from ceremonial backdrop to substantive world figure. Covering all thirty-six women from Martha Washington to Nancy Reagan and including the daughters, daughters-in-law, and sisters of presidents who sometimes served as First Ladies, Betty Boyd Caroli explores the background, marriage, and accomplishments and failures in office of each woman. This remarkably diverse lot included Abigail Adams, whose "remember the ladies" became a twentieth-century feminist refrain; Edith Wilson, who alone controlled access to the President when he suffered a stroke; Jane Pierce, who prayed her husband would lose the election; Helen Taft, who insisted on living in the White House, although her husband would have preferred a judgeship; and Pat Nixon, who perfected what some have called "the robot image." They ranged in age from early 20's to late 60's; some received superb educations for their time, while others had little or no schooling. Including the courageous and adventurous, the emotionally unstable, the ambitious, and the reserved, these women often did not fit the traditional expectations of a presidential helpmate. Depicting how these women used the "magic wand" given to them, Caroli reveals not only how each First Lady changed the role, but also how the role changed in response to American culture. Because of their position, these women left remarkably complete records, and their stories offer us an insider's view not only of their lives as holders of what sociologists now call "derivative power," but also of the history of American women in general.
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