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Book SynopsisPat Nixon may be the least understood of modern first ladies. Although public opinion polls rated her one of our nation’s most admired women, few Americans really knew much about her. This first scholarly biography of Thelma Ryan Nixon goes further than any other book to show readers the real Pat Nixon.
Trade ReviewThis engaging and eye-opening biography digs beneath popular characterizations of Patricia Ryan Nixon as a victim and martyr and assesses this reluctant first lady on her own terms." - Susan M. Hartmann, author of
From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960"An insightful look at the compromises made by a classic ‘good wife’ whose life took her down the roads her husband wanted to travel, and a few he didn’t." - Jo Freeman, author of We Will Be Heard: Women’s Struggles for Political Power in the U.S.
"A richly-textured portrait of an often misunderstood first lady." - Gil Troy, author of Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons
Table of Contents
- Editor’s Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Lessons Learned
- 2. The Pat and Dick Team
- 3. In and Out of Politics
- 4. Becoming First Lady
- 5. The Embattled First Lady
- 6. Peace, at Last
- Notes
- Bibliographic Essay
- Index
