First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary
- ISBN-10
- 0816041954
- ISBN-13
- 9780816041954
- Series
- First Ladies
- Pages
- 406
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Author
- Dorothy Schneider
Description
Traces the history of the first lady, including changes in the conception of what a president's wife should do and be, and how these perceptions have been affected by changes in society overall, and includes biographies and pictures.
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