First ladies :from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama



No. Panggil 973.099 CAR
Pengarang Caroli, Betty Boyd.; Canadian Italian Historical Association.;
Tempat Terbit New York, N.Y. :
Penerbit Oxford University Press,
Tahun Terbit 2010
Subject Amerika Serikat; Presidents' spouses; Ibu Negara;
Klasifikasi 973.099
Abstrak/Catatan Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-409) and index.; 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 (1993-2008) -- Turning points.;