First Ladies
- ISBN-10
- 044922323X
- ISBN-13
- 9780449223239
- Series
- First Ladies
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-08
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Author
- Margaret Truman
Description
A detailed look at twenty-three president's wives offers a perspective on their difficult roles and important contributions and includes interviews with the surviving first ladies of the present day
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- 2009-09-30
- 384 pages
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- 2019-04-05
- 496 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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- 2019-04-05
- 496 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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- 2019
- 423 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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