EDITH KERMIT ROOSEVELT : Creating the Modern First Lady /

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Few first ladies have enjoyed a better reputation among historians than Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Aristocratic and sophisticated, tasteful and discreet, she managed the White House with a sure hand. Her admirers say that she never slipped in carrying out her duties as hostess, mother, and adviser to h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gould, Lewis L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919.
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, > 1861-1948.
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919 > Family.
Presidents' spouses.
Families.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Few first ladies have enjoyed a better reputation among historians than Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Aristocratic and sophisticated, tasteful and discreet, she managed the White House with a sure hand. Her admirers say that she never slipped in carrying out her duties as hostess, mother, and adviser to her husband. Lewis Gould's path-breaking study, however, presents a more complex and interesting figure than the somewhat secularized saint Edith Roosevelt has become in the literature on first ladies. While many who knew her found her inspiring and gracious, family members also recalled a more astri.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (182 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780700622481

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