Southern First Ladies Culture and Place in White House History.

Southern First Ladies Culture and Place in White House History.

Through the lens of place, in particular the specific place of the American South, this book explores the ways in which geographical and cultural backgrounds molded a set of influential first ladies' presentation, actions, and activism while in office.

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Main Author: Sibley, Katherine A. S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: La Vergne : University Press of Kansas, 2021
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction, Catherine Allgor and Katherine A. A. Sibley
  • PART I. From the Early Republic Through Late Reconstruction
  • 1. Martha Washington: Southern Influences in Shaping an Institution, Diana Bartelli Carlin
  • 2. Dolley Madison and the Making of a Capital Etiquette, Merry Ellen Scofield
  • 3. Elizabeth Kortright Monroe: La Belle Americaine, Mary Stockwell
  • 4. Reclamation of a First Lady: Julia Gardiner Tyler's Pursuit of a Federal Government Pension, Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy
  • 5. A First Lady, a Funeral, and a Legacy: Press Coverage of the Death of Sarah Polk, Teri Finneman
  • 6. Mary Lincoln, Elizabeth Keckly, and the Perils of White House Friendship, Sylvia D. Hoffert
  • 7. Southern Woman, Republican Partisan: Mary Lincoln's Wartime Identity, Laura Mammina
  • 8. Press and Propaganda: Examining War Coverage of the Confederate First Lady, Teri Finneman
  • 9. Eliza Johnson, First Lady of the Tennessee Hill Country, John F. Marszalek
  • 10. Julia Dent Grant: Aspiring Southerner, Louie P. Gallo
  • 11. Southern Roots of Activism, Nancy Beck Young
  • PART II. From the Progressive Era to the Present Century
  • 12. Ellen Axson Wilson: A Progressive Southern First Lady, Lisa M. Burns
  • 13. Edith Bolling Wilson: A "Southern" New Woman, Valerie Palmer-Mehta
  • 14. Lady Bird Johnson: First Lady of Deeds, Nancy Kegan Smith
  • 15. Diplomacy First: Rosalynn Carter as Diplomat, Kristin L. Ahlberg
  • 16. The Lone Star Yankee as First Lady: Barbara Bush of Texas, Myra G. Gutin
  • 17. A Southern Primer: Hillary Goes to Arkansas, Janette Kenner Muir
  • 18. Laura Bush: Texan by Nature, Anita B. McBride
  • 19. Reflecting on the Activism of Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century First Ladies, Katherine A. S. Sibley
  • About the Contributors
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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