The Presidents' First Ladies

by Lindsay, Rae

• ISBN13: 9780965375337
• ISBN10: 0965375331
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: R & R Writers/Agents Inc

Summary

Describes the various First Ladies that have lived in the White House and discusses their duties and privileges.

Author Biography

Rae Lindsay has written, ghost-written or edited 21 non-fiction books

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
The Pioneers	5	(42)
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington	11	(6)
Abigail Smith Adams	17	(8)
Martha ``Patsy'' Jefferson Randolph	25	(4)
Dolley Payne Todd Madison	29	(8)
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe	37	(4)
Louisa Johnson Adams	41	(6)
Private Lives	47	(24)
Anna Symmes Harrison	53	(2)
Lucy Webb Hayes	55	(4)
Caroline Scott Harrison	59	(4)
Elizabeth Virginia ``Bess'' Wallace Truman	63	(8)
Private Pain	71	(34)
Margaret Smith Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor Bliss	77	(2)
Abigail Powers Fillmore	79	(2)
Jane Means Appleton Pierce	81	(2)
Mary Todd Lincoln	83	(6)
Eliza McCardle Johnson	89	(4)
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield	93	(4)
Ida Saxton McKinley	97	(4)
Grace Goodhue Coolidge	101	(4)
The Elegant Entertainers	105	(26)
Letitia Christian Tyler and Julia Gardiner Tyler	111	(2)
Julia Dent Grant	113	(4)
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland and Frances Folsom Cleveland	117	(4)
Edith Carow Roosevelt	121	(4)
Lou Henry Hoover	125	(2)
Mamie Doud Eisenhower	127	(4)
The Supportive Stand-Ins	131	(18)
Emily Donelson and Sarah Jackson (for Andrew Jackson)	137	(4)
Angelica Singleton Van Buren (for Martin Van Bureu)	141	(4)
Harriet Lane (for James Buchanan)	145	(2)
Mary Arthur McElory (for Chester Alan Arthur)	147	(2)
The Spokeswomen	149	(34)
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	155	(8)
Claudia Alta ``Lady Bird'' Taylor Johnson	163	(4)
Elizabeth Anne ``Betty'' Bloomer Ford	167	(4)
Barbara Pierce Bush	171	(4)
Laura Welch Bush	175	(8)
Eyes, Ears, Voices	183	(80)
Sarah Childress Polk	191	(4)
Helen ``Nellie'' Herron Taft	195	(4)
Ellen Axson Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson	199	(6)
Florence Kling Harding	205	(4)
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt	209	(8)
Thelma Catherine ``Pat'' Ryan Nixon	217	(10)
Rosalynn Smith Carter	227	(6)
Nancy Davis Reagan	233	(10)
Hillary Rodham Clinton	243	(20)
Defining the Role	263	(8)
The Presidents and Their First Ladies	271	(4)
Notes	275	(10)
Bibliography	285	(3)
Index	288