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…mehr
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
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.
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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
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
