American First Ladies

  • American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy
    By Lewis L. Gould

    DOI: 10.4324/9781003248972-29 Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Wallace was born in Independence, Missouri, on February 13, 1885, to David Willo Wallace and Margaret "Madge" Gates Wallace. David and Madge were married on June 13, 1883, ...

  • American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy
    By Lewis L. Gould

    This volume presents thirty-nine interpretive biographical essays on all first ladies, from Martha Washington to America's newest First Lady, Laura Bush.

  • American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy
    By Lewis L. Gould

    This volume presents thirty-nine interpretive biographical essays on all first ladies, from Martha Washington to America's newest First Lady, Laura Bush.

  • American First Ladies
    By Robert P. Watson

    American First Ladies is a response to the increasingly visible role that First Ladies have played in U.S. government as well as the increasing interest in women's achievements from the...

  • American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy
    By Lewis L. Gould

    The book concludes with the Siena College First Lady Polls (1982, 1993), a table of Presidents and First Ladies (1789-2001), and a comprehensive index.

  • American First Ladies
    By Robert P. Watson

    This companion to ""The American Presidents"" takes a look at the ""other"" occupant of the White House. All 44 First Ladies are included, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush. Each...

  • American First Ladies
    By Salem Press

    The biographical chapters included in this work are divided into various sections: ""Early Life"" deals with family and educational background; ""Marriage and Family"" discusses each first lady's relationship with the president; " ...