Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-383) and indexes.
Contents:
Public perceptions of Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton : what the data tell us / Valerie A. Sulfaro. Political parties : first ladies and social events in the formation of the federal government / Catherine Allgor -- Betty Ford and the transformation of the role of first lady / Mary Linehan -- True women : the roles and lives of antebellum presidential wives Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce / Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada -- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson : the protective steward / James S. McCallops -- Bess W. Truman : the reluctant first lady / Raymond Frey -- Eleanor Roosevelt : an unlikely path to political activist / Susan Roth Breitzer -- Policy experts : congressional testimony and influence of first ladies / Colton C. Campbell and Sean E. McCluskie -- First ladies and U.S. foreign policy / Glenn Hastedt -- Evolution of the role and office of the first lady : the movement toward integration with the White House office / Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Kristen Paynter -- First ladies and policy making : crossing the public/private divide / Kay M. Knickrehm and Robin Teske -- Copresident or codependent? the rise and rejection of presidential couples since World War II / Gil Troy -- Hillary's choices : the first ladyship of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the future of the office / Myra G. Gutin -- Sharing the bully pulpit : breast cancer and first lady Betty Ford's leadership / Maryanne Borrelli -- Something old, something new--Laura Bush's surprising political first ladyship / Robert P. Watson -- Public perceptions of Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton : what the data tell us / Valerie A. Sulfaro.
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