Feisty First Ladies and Other Unforgettable White House Women

Feisty First Ladies and Other Unforgettable White House Women image
ISBN-10:

1573443565

ISBN-13:

9781573443562

Author(s): Stephens, Autumn
Edition: First Edition
Released: Jan 06, 2009
Publisher: Viva Editions
Format: Paperback, 215 pages
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Description:

First ladies are supposed to be dignified background figures, quietly supportive of their husbands' agendas. Above all, they're not supposed to act out or cause even a whiff of scandal. Of course, reality often overrides conventional wisdom, and this book shows how far from the prim ideal many of the Presidents' wives have strayed. Part irreverent portrait gallery, part exuberant expose, Feisty First Ladies and Other Unforgettable White House Women introduces a remarkable array of wild women, from Martha Washington, who opposed her own husband's presidential election; to Abraham Lincoln's eccentric wife, Mary; to rebellious daughters like Patti Davis who were the tabloid fodder of their day. Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with amazing stranger-than-fiction facts from our American history, Feisty First Ladies journeys into the realm of the eclectic sisterhood whose outrageous words and deeds have rocked the fusty old foundations of the White House -- and the nation!












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