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Editor: Robert P. Watson, University of Hawaii, Hilo ISBN: 978-1-58765-271-4 List Price: $142 March 2006 · 1 volume · 457 pages · 8"x10" American First Ladies Table of Contents Publisher's Note, vii About the Authors, ix Foreword, xiii Introduction, 1 Martha Washington, 9 Abigail Adams, 19 Martha Jefferson and Patsy Jefferson Randolph, 28 Dolley Madison, 34 Elizabeth Monroe, 44 Louisa Adams, 49 Rachel Jackson, 54 Hannah Van Buren and Angelica Singleton Van Buren, 60 Anna Harrison, 65 Letitia Tyler, 72 Julia Tyler, 77 Sarah Polk, 83 Margaret Taylor, 92 Abigail Fillmore, 98 Jane Pierce, 103 Harriet Lane, 108 Mary Lincoln, 113 Eliza Johnson, 120 Julia Grant, 125 Lucy Hayes, 132 Lucretia Garfield, 144 Ellen Arthur, 149 Frances Cleveland, 154 Caroline Harrison, 160 Ida McKinley, 167 Edith Roosevelt, 176 Helen Taft, 183 Ellen Wilson, 190 Edith Wilson, 197 Florence Harding, 204 Grace Coolidge, 211 Lou Hoover, 217 Eleanor Roosevelt, 224 Bess Truman, 236 Mamie Eisenhower, 243 Jacqueline Kennedy, 250 Lady Bird Johnson, 259 Pat Nixon, 268 Betty Ford, 278 Rosalynn Carter, 287 Nancy Reagan, 298 Barbara Bush, 308 Hillary Rodham Clinton, 317 Laura Bush, 327 Presidential Partners, 332 White House Manager, 341 Nation's Social Hostess, 349 First Ladies and Social Causes, 357 First Ladies and Presidential Campaigns, 366 First Ladies and Policy Issues, 375 First Ladies and Legislative Activism, 386 Family Life in the White House, 394 Other White House Hostesses, 404 Chronological List of First Ladies, 413 Chronological List of Presidents, 415 Libraries, Museums, Historic Sites, and World Wide Web Sites, 417 Bibliography, 427 Index, III

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