America's First Ladies: Private Lives of the Presidential Wives

by Diana Dixon Healy

From Martha Washington to Nancy Reagan, this sensitive yet humorous study examines the role of presidential wives in American political and cultural life, the personality and values of each of these women, and the changes they have undergone during their highly publicized tenure

254 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31, 1988

Reviews

[Rebecca McDonald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good high level book about each of the First Ladies of the US.

[Dr.J.G. · Rating 3 out of 5]

One rarely thinks of them as anything but shadowy figures and yet they were persons, with minds and personalities, each and all. Few are known independantly with the exceptions of Eleanor Roosevelt who played her husband's eyes and ear, and ambassador on many occasions, in places in or out of US, and of course Jacqueline Kennedy who brought style to white house so much so French were charmed with her. This book tell about them and others.