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Author:

Beasley, Maurine Hoffman.

Title:

First ladies and the press : the unfinished partnership of the media age / Maurine H. Beasley ; foreword by Caryl Rivers.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xxi, 335 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Presidents' spouses--Press coverage--United States.
Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
Press and politics--United States.
Presidents' spouses--United States--Miscellanea.--Miscellanea.
United States--Politics and government--Miscellanea.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-313) and index.

Contents:

Eleanor Roosevelt and the "newspaper girls" -- Early first ladies and the public sphere -- Jackie Kennedy and the construction of Camelot -- First ladies as political helpmates : Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon -- First ladies and feminism : Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter -- First ladies and image-making : Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush -- Hillary Rodham Clinton as media polarizer -- Laura Bush as emblem of national caring -- Looking ahead.

Series:

Visions of the American press

ISBN:

9780810123120 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0810123126 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60743189

LCCN:

2005018040

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)