Betty Boles Ellison

Rachel Donelson Jackson

The First Lady Who Never Was

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Produktbeschreibung

Rachel Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, never wanted to be First Lady and tried to dissuade her husband from his political ambitions. Yet she publicly supported his political advancement and was the first wife of a presidential candidate to take to the campaign trail. Privy to his political decisions, she offered valued counsel, and Jackson sometimes regretted not taking her advice. Denied a traditional education by her father, Rachel's innate business savvy made the Jacksons' Tennessee plantation and businesses profitable during her husband's continual absences. This biography chronicles the life of a First Lady who rebelled against 19th-century constraints on women, overcame personal tragedies to become an inspirational figure of persistence and strength, and found herself at the center of one of the vilest presidential smear campaigns in history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9781476670188
• ISBN-10: 1476670188
• Artikelnr.: 65438217

Autorenporträt

Betty Boles Ellison, a former journalist and noted historian, is a nationally recognized historical researcher as well as an established author. She prepared the script for the prize-winning documentary, Dreamers and Doers: Voices of Kentucky Woman. An avid and longtime historic preservationist, she is a board member of Friends of Kentucky Libraries, which proves support for the commonwealth's public libraries.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction
1.
The Many Faces of Rachel Jackson
2.
The Early Days
3.
The Adventure
4.
A New Home
5.
World Turned Upside Down
6.
A Dangerous Choice
7.
Landed Gentry
8.
The Hermitage Begins and Children Cometh
9.
Drum Tap at the Post 10.
New Orleans 11.
Florida in Her Future 12.
Rachel Goes to Washington 13.
The 1828 Campaign Begins 14.
Political Briars 15.
Rachel Becomes a Political Battering Ram 16.
Rachel Survived and Departed Chapter Notes Bibliography Index