A companion to first ladies / 
edited by Katherine A.S. Sibley. 
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 - Wiley Blackwell companions to American history .
 - Wiley Blackwell companions to American history. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 1. Martha Washington -- Chapter 2. Abigail Adams -- Chapter 3. Martha Jefferson Randolph, first daughter -- Chapter 4. James and Dolley Madison and the quest for unity -- Chapter 5. Elizabeth Monroe -- Chapter 6. A monarch in a republic -- Chapter 7. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson -- Chapter 8. Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower -- Chapter 9. The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too -- Chapter 10. Sarah Polk -- Chapter 11. Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce -- Chapter 12. Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston -- Chapter 13. Mary Todd Lincoln -- Chapter 14. Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant -- Chapter 15. Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy -- Chapter 16. Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee -- Chapter 17. Ida McKinley -- Chapter 18. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt -- Chapter 19. Helen Herron Taft -- Chapter 20. Ellen Axson Wilson -- Chapter 21. Edith Wilson -- Chapter 22. Florence Kling Harding -- Chapter 23. Grace Coolidge -- Chapter 24. The historiography of Lou Henry Hoover -- Chapter 25. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt -- Chapter 26. Eleanor Roosevelt -- Chapter 27. Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace Truman -- Chapter 28. Overrated pleasures and underrated treasures -- Chapter 29. Jacqueline Kennedy -- Chapter 30. Lady Bird Johnson -- Chapter 31. An unlikely first lady --  Chapter 32. Betty Ford -- Chapter 33. Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter -- Chapter 34. Nancy Reagan -- Chapter 35. Barbara Pierce Bush -- Chapter 36. Barbara Pierce Bush -- Chapter 37. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Chapter 38. Laura Welch Bush -- Chapter 39. First Lady Michelle Obama -- Chapter 40. First Lady Michelle Obama. 
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<br/><br/> This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history. 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781786846495 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E176.2  / .C65 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.09/9  B