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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Caroli, Betty Boyd. First ladies. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (OCoLC)654654771 |
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| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Betty Boyd Caroli |
| ISBN: | 0195092287 9780195092288 0195099443 9780195099447 |
| OCLC Number: | 31433847 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xxii, 430 p. : ill. ; 20cm. |
| Contents: | Setting precedents: the first presidents' wives (1789-1829) -- Young substitutes for first ladies (1829-1869) -- Three exceptions: Sarah Childress Polk, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Julia Dent Grant -- The limited promise of the "new woman" (1877-1901) -- The office of first lady: a twentieth century development -- The paradoxical 1920s -- Breaking precedents and reaffirming old ones (1933-1961) -- The turbulent sixties -- New dimensions to the job of first lady (1974-1993) -- A new generation in the White House (1993-) -- Presidential wives and the press -- "The women they married-- ": some conclusions. |
| Responsibility: | Betty Boyd Caroli. |
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"Impressive....Caroli's profiles and observations of American first ladies and their relationship to the media, are intelligent and perceptive."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"An interesting and thoughtful overview that will appeal to a variety of readers."--Library Journal
"The first comprehensive study of the changes in the nature of the position of first lady from 1789 to 1987....Splendid in every way: thoroughly researched, illuminatingly written."--Paul F. Boller, Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"The book introduces a remarkable cast of characters....Their stories offer us a window through which to view not only this particular sorority of women--holders of what sociologists now call 'derivative power'--but also American women in general."--The Baldwin Times
"Many fascinating sidelights on history....The succession of First Ladies makes on the whole a dignified parade in her account."--Newsday
"The best book so far on the subject....It is sheer delight to read this b
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