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From My Old Kentucky Home to the White House : The Political Journey of Catherine Conner

This lively memoir recounts the story of a determined woman who led a remarkable life in the highest circles of power in both state and national politics. Catherine Conner spent her formative years on a farm named ""Solitude, "" located outside of Bardstown. Her father, who taugh...

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Autor principal: Conner, Catherine, 1900-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Solitude; 2 Jenny; 3 A Time to Grow; 4 The Picnic; 5 The Democratic Convention; 6 First Political Appointment; 7 The Move to Washington D.C.; 8 My Most Famous Dinner Party; Illustrations; 9 Public Relations; 10 A Dictator Visits Kentucky; 11 Cultural Exchanges; 12 Major Changes; 13 Hollywood Years; 14 Assignment in Europe; 15 Return to Kentucky; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. 
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