First ladies
Record details
- ISBN: 0756649412
- ISBN: 9780756649418
- ISBN: 0756649420
- ISBN: 9780756649425
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Physical Description:
72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
print - Edition: Rev. ed., 2nd American ed.
- Publisher: New York : DK, 2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama"--Cover. Includes fold-out wall chart and clip-art CD. Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 70) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Martha Washington -- Abigail Adams -- Martha Jefferson -- Dolley Madison -- Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Adams -- Rachel Jackson, Hannah Van Buren, Anna Harrison -- Letita Tyler, Julie Tyler, Sarah Polk -- Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, Jane Pierce, Harriet Lane -- Mary Lincoln -- Eliza Johnson, Julia Grant -- Lucy Hayes -- Lucretia Garfield, Ellen Arthur -- Frances Cleveland -- Caroline Harrison, Ida McKinley -- Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft -- Ellen Wilson, Edith Wilson -- Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge -- Lou Hoover -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower -- Jacqueline Kennedy -- Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon -- Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter -- Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Laura Bush, Michelle Obama -- Did you know? -- Making a difference -- Find out more. |
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Subject: | Presidents' spouses United States Biography Juvenile literature First ladies Women Biography Presidents' spouses United States Biography Presidents' spouses United States |
Genre: | Juvenile works. Biography. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | J 973.099 PAS (Text) | 000108273 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary
First Ladies
Meet forty-five dynamic women -- from Martha Washington to America's newest first lady. Here is a captivating, photo-filled guide to the extraordinary women who have made their mark on the White House, and the nation. Eyewitness First Ladies explores the second hardest job in America--and the forty-five exceptional women who did it. Filled with stunning, full-color photographs of personal mementos, family pictures, and campaign memorabilia, this is an engaging visual tour of U.S. History, as seen through the eyes of America's first ladies. See Dolly Madison's snuffbox, Mary Todd Lincoln's mourning cape, Edith Wilson's tiara, Eleanor Roosevelt's writing desk, and Pat Nixon's party favors. Learn about the part Martha Washington played in the American Revolution, why the White House can be both a palace and a prison, how Frances Harding won her husband's campaign, and of the scandal that haunted Rachel Jackson. Discover why Jackie Kennedy won an Emmy Award, which president's wife was the first to attend cabinet meetings, the first lady who was suspected of treason, and much much more.