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Faith of our mothers : the stories of presidential mothers from Mary Washington to Barbara Bush / Harold I. Gullan.

By: Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c2001.Description: xii, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0802849261
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973/.09/9 B 21
LOC classification:
  • E176.3 .G85 2001
Contents:
Ch. 1. The Perplexing Mary Ball Washington -- Ch. 2. The Missing Mothers of Virginia : Jane Jefferson, Nelly Madison, Elizabeth Monroe -- Ch. 3. Players in the "Great Theatre of Life" : Susanna and Abigail Adams -- Ch. 4. Immigrants and Pioneers : Elizabeth Jackson, Maria Van Buren, Elizabeth Harrison, Mary Tyler, Jane Polk, Sarah Taylor -- Ch. 5. Mothers of the Ante-bellum Presidents : Phoebe Fillmore, Anna Pierce, Elizabeth Buchanan -- Ch. 6. "All That I Am ... I Get from My Angel Mother" : Nancy and Sarah Lincoln -- Ch. 7. Scarcity and Silence : Mary Johnson, Hannah Grant -- Ch. 8. Pre-War Mothers, Post-War Sons : Sophia Hayes, Eliza Garfield, Malvina Arthur -- Ch. 9. Family Values in the Nineteenth Century : Ann Cleveland, Elizabeth Harrison, Nancy McKinley -- Ch. 10. "I Do Not Believe We Can Love Our Children Too Much" : Martha Roosevelt, Louisa Taft, Jessie Wilson -- Ch. 11. "It Always Seemed That the Boy I Lost Was Her Image" : Phoebe Harding Victoria Coolidge, Hulda Hoover -- Ch. 12. Smothering Mothering : Sara Roosevelt -- Ch. 13. From the Heart of America : Martha Truman, Ida Eisenhower -- Ch. 14. Maternal Ambition : Rose Kennedy, Rebekah Johnson -- Ch. 15. "My Mother Was a Saint" : Hannah Nixon, Dorothy Ford -- Ch. 16. Overcoming the Odds : Lillian Carter, Nelle Reagan, Virginia Kelley -- Ch. 17. Continuity and Change : Dorothy and Barbara Bush. In Summation: The Better Angels of Their Nature.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-385) and index.

Ch. 1. The Perplexing Mary Ball Washington -- Ch. 2. The Missing Mothers of Virginia : Jane Jefferson, Nelly Madison, Elizabeth Monroe -- Ch. 3. Players in the "Great Theatre of Life" : Susanna and Abigail Adams -- Ch. 4. Immigrants and Pioneers : Elizabeth Jackson, Maria Van Buren, Elizabeth Harrison, Mary Tyler, Jane Polk, Sarah Taylor -- Ch. 5. Mothers of the Ante-bellum Presidents : Phoebe Fillmore, Anna Pierce, Elizabeth Buchanan -- Ch. 6. "All That I Am ... I Get from My Angel Mother" : Nancy and Sarah Lincoln -- Ch. 7. Scarcity and Silence : Mary Johnson, Hannah Grant -- Ch. 8. Pre-War Mothers, Post-War Sons : Sophia Hayes, Eliza Garfield, Malvina Arthur -- Ch. 9. Family Values in the Nineteenth Century : Ann Cleveland, Elizabeth Harrison, Nancy McKinley -- Ch. 10. "I Do Not Believe We Can Love Our Children Too Much" : Martha Roosevelt, Louisa Taft, Jessie Wilson -- Ch. 11. "It Always Seemed That the Boy I Lost Was Her Image" : Phoebe Harding Victoria Coolidge, Hulda Hoover -- Ch. 12. Smothering Mothering : Sara Roosevelt -- Ch. 13. From the Heart of America : Martha Truman, Ida Eisenhower -- Ch. 14. Maternal Ambition : Rose Kennedy, Rebekah Johnson -- Ch. 15. "My Mother Was a Saint" : Hannah Nixon, Dorothy Ford -- Ch. 16. Overcoming the Odds : Lillian Carter, Nelle Reagan, Virginia Kelley -- Ch. 17. Continuity and Change : Dorothy and Barbara Bush. In Summation: The Better Angels of Their Nature.

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