The league of wives : the untold story of the women who took on the U.S. Government to bring their husbands home / Heath Hardage Lee.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250161109
- ISBN: 125016110X
- Physical Description: 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-308) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The right wife -- It can't happen to us -- A Great Society for some, not for all -- Wives or widows? -- A reluctant sorority -- New girl village -- The league of wives -- Incredibly screwed up -- So you say you want a revolution? -- "Nixon's the one!" -- Go public -- Don't mess with Texas -- May day debut -- Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown -- Write Hanoi and silent nights -- Is peace at hand? -- "We chose to be together" -- To the First Ladies of America! |
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Genre: | Biography. Biographies. Biographies. History. Biographies. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 959.70437 LEE (Text) | 000154218 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
The League of Wives : The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U. S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home
Heath Hardage Lee comes from a museum education and curatorial background, and she has worked at history museums across the country. She holds a B.A. in History with Honors from Davidson College, and an M.A. in French Language and Literature from the University of Virginia. Heath served as the 2017 Robert J. Dole Curatorial Fellow: her exhibition entitled The League of Wives: Vietnam POW MIA Advocates & Allies about Vietnam POW MIA wives premiered at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics in May of 2017 and is now travelling to museums throughout the U.S. Potomac Books, a division of the University of Nebraska Press, published Heath's first book, Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause , in 2014. Winnie won the 2015 Colonial Dames of America Annual Book Award as well as a 2015 Gold Medal for Nonfiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Heath lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with her husband Chris and her two children, Anne Alston and James.