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Author:

Vigil, Tammy, author.

Title:

Moms in chief : the rhetoric of Republican motherhood and the spouses of presidential nominees, 1992- 2016 / Tammy R. Vigil.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

ix, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Presidential candidates' spouses--United States.
Political campaigns--United States--History.
Rhetoric--History.--History.
Motherhood--Political aspects--United States.
Women--Political activity--United States.
Motherhood--Political aspects.
Political campaigns.
Presidential candidates' spouses.
Rhetoric--Political aspects.
Women--Political activity.
United States.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: political spouses and presidential campaigns -- Women as citizens: the emergence and entrenchment of Republican motherhood -- Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton: the Year of the Woman -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Elizabeth Dole: dutiful (and accomplished) wives -- Tipper Gore and Laura Bush: quintessential Republican mothers -- Laura Bush and Teresa Heinz Kerry: the all-American wife and the assertive heiress -- Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama: revering wifedom and motherhood -- Michelle Obama and Ann Romney: battling for mom in chief -- Bill Clinton and Melania Trump: the former president and the model immigrant -- Conclusion: reifying Republican motherhood.

ISBN:

0700627480
9780700627486

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1057242656

LCCN:

2018046928

Locations:

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