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Book Synopsis Their personalities often set the tone for Washington society, from Julia Tyler''s open hospitality to Sarah Polk''s somber religious devotion. Some, like Abigail Adams, had little formal schooling. Others, such as Pat Nixon and Hillary Clinton, earned college degrees. There were those who outlived their spouses as well as women who died before seeing their husbands realize their presidential dreams. In spite of differing circumstances, these presidential wives influenced--sometimes overtly and often inadvertently--everything from domestic political agendas to foreign policy through their relationships with their husbands.
This book discusses the lives and circumstances of the women who have been married to an American president. It emphasizes the relationship each wife had with her husband and the ways in which this contributed to the success or failure of his presidency. Details include birthplace, upbringing, political viewpoints and final resting place. Chapters are
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
- 2. Abigail Smith Adams
- 3. Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
- 4. Dorothea (Dolley) Payne Todd Madison
- 5. Elizabeth Kortright Monroe
- 6. Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams
- 7. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson
- 8. Hannah Hoes Van Buren
- 9. Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
- 10. Letitia Christian Tyler
- 11. Julia Gardiner Tyler
- 12. Sarah Childress Polk
- 13. Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor
- 14. Abigail Powers Fillmore
- 15. Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore
- 16. Jane Means Appleton Pierce
- 17. Mary Todd Lincoln
- 18. Eliza McCardle Johnson
- 19. Julia Boggs Dent Grant
- 20. Lucy Ware Webb Hayes
- 21. Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
- 22. Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
- 23. Frances Folsom Cleveland
- 24. Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
- 25. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison
- 26. Ida Saxton McKinley
- 27. Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt
- 28. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
- 29. Helen Herron Taft
- 30. Ellen Louise Axson Wilson
- 31. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
- 32. Florence Mabel Kling De Wolfe Harding
- 33. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge
- 34. Lou Henry Hoover
- 35. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt
- 36. Elizabeth Virginia (Bess) Wallace Truman
- 37. Mary Geneva (Mamie) Doud Eisenhower
- 38. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
- 39. Claudia (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson
- 40. Thelma Catherine (Patricia) Ryan Nixon
- 41. Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Bloomer Ford
- 42. Rosalynn Smith Carter
- 43. Sarah Jane Fulks Wyman (Reagan)
- 44. Nancy Davis (Anne Frances Robbins) Reagan
- 45. Barbara Pierce Bush
- 46. Hillary Rodham Clinton
- 47. Laura Welch Bush
- Bibliography
- Index
