Untold power : the fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson / Rebecca Boggs Roberts.
Publisher:
Viking,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xv, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index.
Contents:
A Virginia Childhood 1872-1891 -- Woman of Washington 1891-1908 -- Merry Widow 1908-1914 -- Romanced by the President 1915 -- The First Lady in War 1916-1918 -- The First Lady in Peace 1918-1919 -- The Stroke 1919 -- "Stewardship" 1919-1921 -- After the White House 1921-1924 -- Woman of Washington Reprise 1924-1961.
Summary:
"This portrait of the first acting woman president, written by a leading historian on women's suffrage and power, tracks the ascent of Edith Boling Galt Wilson, one of American history's most influential and complicated women"-- Provided by publisher.
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