{"product_id":"a-companion-to-first-ladies-isbn-9781118732229","title":"A Companion to First Ladies","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderlines the growing scholarly appreciation of the First Ladies and the evolution of the position since the 18th century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands’ legacies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived both in popular literature and scholarly debate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides concise biographical treatments for each First Lady\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine A. S. Sibley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Martha Washington 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert P. Watson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Abigail Adams: The Life and the Biographers 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret A. Hogan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Martha Jefferson Randolph, First Daughter 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBilly L. Wayson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 James and Dolley Madison and the Quest for Unity 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Allgor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Elizabeth Monroe 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinn Pollard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A Monarch in a Republic: Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams and Court Culture in Early Washington City 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Allgor, Margery M. Heffron and Amanda Mathews Norton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: A Reluctant First Lady 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristina Mune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn F. Marszalek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Ladies of Tippecanoe, and Tyler Too 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Sarah Polk: Ideas of Her Own 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eValerie Palmer-Mehta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce: Three Antebellum Presidents’ Ladies 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas J. Balcerski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Mary Todd Lincoln 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam D. Pederson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Eliza McCardle Johnson and Julia Dent Grant 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela K. Sanfilippo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Lucy Webb Hayes, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin T. Arrington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Rose Cleveland, Frances Cleveland, Caroline Harrison, Mary McKee 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerry Ellen Scofield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Ida McKinley: A Life of Contrasts 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouie P. Gallo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: The Victorian Modern First Lady 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Forslund\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Helen Herron Taft: The Forgotten Impact of a Memorable First Lady 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafaele Fierro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Ellen Axson Wilson 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa M. Burns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Edith Wilson: The First Lady in Charge 357\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Klaczynska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Florence Kling Harding: Celebrity and Activist 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine A. S. Sibley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Grace Coolidge 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeri Finneman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Historiography of Lou Henry Hoover 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Beck Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Life before and during the White House Years 439\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaurine H. Beasley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World 459\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaurine H. Beasley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Elizabeth Virginia “Bess” Wallace Truman 476\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. Devine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Overrated Pleasures and Underrated Treasures: Mamie Eisenhower, a Bridge between First Lady Archetypes 492\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnthony Rama Maravillas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Jacqueline Kennedy 503\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatherine Jellison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Lady Bird Johnson 517\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa M. Burns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 An Unlikely First Lady: Pat Nixon 535\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary C. Brennan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Betty Ford: “When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary” 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyra G. Gutin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter 569\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristin L. Ahlberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Nancy Reagan 585\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, I: 1925–1988 604\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana B. Carlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Barbara Pierce Bush: Choosing a Complete Life, II: 1988–2015 621\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana B. Carlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Hillary Rodham Clinton 635\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanette Kenner Muir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Laura Welch Bush: Strength and Serenity in Turbulent Times 653\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnita McBride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, I 677\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy Kegan Smith and Diana B. Carlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 First Lady Michelle Obama: The American Dream Endures, II 696\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana B. Carlin and Nancy Kegan Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 716\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"It was not so long ago that books about first ladies attracted very little scholarly attention or even popular notice, beyond some well-worn tales such as Dolly Madison's heroism or Mary Todd Lincoln's eccentricities. A new and welcome addition to this literature comes from editor Sibley. Sibley's stable of talented authors includes accomplished scholars like Maurine Beasely and Robert Watson, as well as lesser-known writers and experts in the field of public history. Each of the 40 essays is accompanied by a list of sources consulted, as well as suggestions for further research. It is refreshing to see that publishers are still courageous enough to publish reference volumes like this in the age of the internet and digital research.\"??\u003cstrong\u003eSumming Up: Highly recommended.\u003c\/strong\u003e Undergraduates through scholars, and general readers.\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eB. Miller, University of Cincinnati-Clermont\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cb\u003eKatherine A.S. Sibley\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Saint Joseph’s University, USA. She is the author of four books, most recently \u003ci\u003eFirst Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and \u003ci\u003eRed Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). She was the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover \u003c\/i\u003e(Wiley Blackwell, 2014), and serves on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Communist History\u003c\/i\u003e as well as on the Historical Advisory Committee for the US State Department. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from nearly 40 scholars, A Companion to the First Ladies presents the first comprehensive historiographical overview of the First Ladies, the wives - or sometimes other female relatives - who have stood by U.S. presidents, often as powerful political figures in their own right. The original essays that make up this collection address the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands’ legacies. This volume brings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived in both popular literature and scholarly debate. Covering all of the First Ladies through to the present, from Martha Washington through Michelle Obama, it underlines the growing scholarly appreciation for a position that has itself gone through a great deal of evolution since the early American Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988606992613,"sku":"NP9781118732229","price":229.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118732229.jpg?v=1761780948","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-first-ladies-isbn-9781118732229","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}