A Companion to First Ladies

Informationen zum Autor Katherine A.S. Sibley is Professor of History at Saint Joseph's University, USA. She is the author of four books, most recently First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy (2009) and Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War (2004). She was the editor of A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (Wiley Blackwell, 2014), and serves on the editorial board of American Communist History as well as on the Historical Advisory Committee for the US State Department. Klappentext This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history.* Underlines the growing scholarly appreciation of the First Ladies and the evolution of the position since the 18th century* Explores the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands' legacies* Brings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived both in popular literature and scholarly debate* Provides concise biographical treatments for each First Lady Zusammenfassung This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history.* Underlines the growing scholarly appreciation of the First Ladies and the evolution of the position since the 18th century* Explores the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands' legacies* Brings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived both in popular literature and scholarly debate* Provides concise biographical treatments for each First Lady Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors viiiAcknowledgements xivIntroduction 1Katherine A. S. Sibley1 Martha Washington 6Robert P. Watson2 Abigail Adams: The Life and the Biographers 20Margaret A. Hogan3 Martha Jefferson Randolph, First Daughter 38Billy L. Wayson4 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 59Catherine Allgor5 Elizabeth Monroe 75Finn Pollard6 A Monarch in a Republic: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams and Court Culture in Early Washington City 89Catherine Allgor, Margery M. Heffron and Amanda Mathews Norton7 Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: A Reluctant First Lady 111Christina Mune8 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower 129John F. Marszalek9 The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too 142Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy10 Sarah Polk: Ideas of Her Own 159Valerie Palmer?-Mehta11 Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce: Three Antebellum Presidents' Ladies 176Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker?-Estrada12 Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston 197Thomas J. Balcerski13 Mary Todd Lincoln 214William D. Pederson14 Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant 230Pamela K. Sanfilippo15 Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy 247Benjamin T. Arrington16 Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee 265Merry Ellen Scofield17 Ida McKinley: A Life of Contrasts 283Louie P. Gallo18 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: The Victorian Modern First Lady 298Catherine Forslund19 Helen Herron Taft: The Forgotten Impact of a Memorable First Lady 320Rafaele Fierro20 Ellen Axson Wilson 339Lisa M. Burns21 Edith Wilson: The First Lady in Charge 357Barbara Klaczynska22 Florence Kling Harding: Celebrity and Activist 379Katherine A. S. Sibley23 Grace Coolidge 404Teri Finneman24 The Historiography of Lou Henry Hoover...

Autorentext
Katherine A.S. Sibley is Professor of History at Saint Joseph's University, USA. She is the author of four books, most recently First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy (2009) and Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War (2004). She was the editor of A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (Wiley Blackwell, 2014), and serves on the editorial board of American Communist History as well as on the Historical Advisory Committee for the US State Department.

Klappentext
This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history. * Underlines the growing scholarly appreciation of the First Ladies and the evolution of the position since the 18th century * Explores the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands' legacies * Brings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived both in popular literature and scholarly debate * Provides concise biographical treatments for each First Lady

Inhalt
Notes on Contributors viii Acknowledgements xiv Introduction 1 Katherine A. S. Sibley 1 Martha Washington 6 Robert P. Watson 2 Abigail Adams: The Life and the Biographers 20 Margaret A. Hogan 3 Martha Jefferson Randolph, First Daughter 38 Billy L. Wayson 4 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 59 Catherine Allgor 5 Elizabeth Monroe 75 Finn Pollard 6 A Monarch in a Republic: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams and Court Culture in Early Washington City 89 Catherine Allgor, Margery M. Heffron and Amanda Mathews Norton 7 Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: A Reluctant First Lady 111 Christina Mune 8 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower 129 John F. Marszalek 9 The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too 142 Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy 10 Sarah Polk: Ideas of Her Own 159 Valerie Palmer?-Mehta 11 Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce: Three Antebellum Presidents' Ladies 176 Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker?-Estrada 12 Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston 197 Thomas J. Balcerski 13 Mary Todd Lincoln 214 William D. Pederson 14 Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant 230 Pamela K. Sanfilippo 15 Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy 247 Benjamin T. Arrington 16 Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee 265 Merry Ellen Scofield 17 Ida McKinley: A Life of Contrasts 283 Louie P. Gallo 18 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: The Victorian Modern First Lady 298 Catherine Forslund 19 Helen Herron Taft: The Forgotten Impact of a Memorable First Lady 320 Rafaele Fierro 20 Ellen Axson Wilson 339 Lisa M. Burns 21 Edith Wilson: The First Lady in Charge 357 Barbara Klaczynska 22 Florence Kling Harding: Celebrity and Activist 379 Katherine A. S. Sibley 23 Grace Coolidge 404 Teri Finneman 24 The Historiography of Lou Henry Hoover 423 Nancy Beck Young 25 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Life before and during the White House Years 439 Maurine H. Beasley 26 Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 459 Maurine H. Beasley 27 Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace Truman 476 Michael J. Devine 28 Overrated Pleasures and Underrated Treasures: Mamie Eisenhower, a Bridge between First Lady Archetypes 492 Anthony Rama Maravillas 29 Jacqueline Kennedy 503 Katherine Jellison 30 Lady Bird Johnson 517 Lisa M. Burns 31 An Unlikely First Lady: Pat Nixon 535 Mary C. Brennan 32 Betty Ford: "When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary" 552 Myra G. Gutin 33 Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter 569 Kristin L. Ahlberg 34 Nancy Reagan 585 Jason Roberts 35 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, I: 1925-1988 604 Diana B. Carlin 36 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, II: 1988-2015 621 Diana B. Carlin 37 Hillary Rodham Clinton 635 Janette Kenner Muir…

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