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1) Becoming
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Appears on list
Description
"In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her-from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world's most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and...
3) First ladies
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Description
Profiles and photographs reveal the impact that the presidents' wives had on the suffrage movement, prohibition, civil rights, equality, and war and peace.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama,"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Lenny
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
102 pages
Description
"Michelle Obama?s legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama?s equal partner in marriage and parenthood and a tireless advocate for women?s rights, education, healthy eating, and exercise. Her genre-busting personal style encouraged others to speak, to engage, even to dress as they wished. In an extension of his popular T, The New York Times Style Magazine feature, Nick Haramis has...
12) Abigail Adams
Author
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
104 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Profiles a woman who is remembered for her intellectual accomplishments, belief in womens' rights, and support of her husband, John, who became the second president of the United States.
13) Eleanor: a life
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xx, 698 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of numbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Prize-winning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xvii, 411 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
"An intimate and insightful biography of Betty Ford, the groundbreaking, candid, and resilient First Lady and wife of President Gerald Ford, from the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Presidents and Mrs. Kennedy and Me. Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer is the inspiring story of an ordinary Midwestern girl thrust onto the world stage and into the White House under extraordinary circumstances. Setting a precedent...
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xi, 237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Description
"Lady in Red is the long-awaited collection of behind-the-scenes stories and iconic images of one of the most influential First Lady in modern history -- Nancy Reagan. Lovingly compiled by long-time close confidante and aide, Sheila Tate, the book provides a rare and much-anticipated look into the personal life of the president's wife, from her daily routines and travels as First Lady to her friendships and deep influence in the Reagan White House."--Amazon.com....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
x, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 25 cm.
Description
"Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Joe Biden?s greatest political asset. Like many women of her generation, she holds her commitments as wife, mother and grandmother at the center of her life. She is a professor, earned a doctorate in educational leadership, and taught at Northern Virginia Community College. She broke barriers as First Lady as the first to hold a paying job outside the White House. “Jill” is the story of this accomplished...
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