Southern First Ladies : Culture and Place in White House History /

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"The American South has long been understood to have a strong sense of place, as seen especially in the arts. This distinctive Southern culture has also had an important influence on the American first ladies, though scholars have largely overlooked the region's role in shaping their legac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sibley, Katherine A. S. (Katherine Amelia Siobhan), 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
White House (Washington, D.C.)
White House (Washington, D.C.) > Social aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
Women.
Social aspects.
Presidents' spouses > Political activity.
Presidents' spouses.
Presidents > Family.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Social life and customs.
Presidents' spouses > Political activity > United States.
Presidents' spouses > United States > History.
Women > Southern States > Biography.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
United States.
Southern States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Catherine Allgor and Katherine A. S. Sibley
  • Part I: From the Early Republic through late Reconstruction. Martha Washington: southern influences in shaping an institution / Diana Bartelli Carlin; Dolley Madison and the making of a Capital etiquette / Marry Ellen Scofield; Elizabeth Kortright Monroe: La Belle Americaine / Mary Stockwell; Reclamation of a First Lady: Julia Gardiner Tyler's pursuit of a Federal government pension / Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy; A First Lady, a funeral, and a legacy: press coverage of the death of Sarah Polk / Teri Finneman; Mary Lincoln, Elizabeth Keckly, and the perils of White House friendship / Sylvia D. Hoffert; Southern woman, Republican partisan: Mary Lincoln's wartime identity / Laura Mammina; Press and propaganda: examining war coverage of the Confederate First Lady / Teri Finneman; Eliza Johnson, First Lady of the Tennessee hill country / John F. Marszalek; Julia Dent Grant: aspiring southerner / Louie P. Gallo; Southern roots of activism / Nancy Beck Young
  • Part II: From the Progressive Era to the present century. Ellen Axson Wilson: a progressive southern First Lady / Lisa M. Burns; Edith Bolling Wilson: a "southern" new woman / Valerie Palmer-Mehta; Lady Bird Johnson: First Lady of Deeds / Nancy Kegan Smith; Diplomacy first: Rosalynn Carter as Diplomat / Kristin L. Ahlberg; The Lone Star Yankee as First Lady: Barbara Bush of Texas / Myra G. Gutin; A southern primer: Hillary goes to Arkansas / Janette Kenner Muir; Laura Bush: Texan by nature / Anita B. McBride.

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