First Ladies For Dummies. Marcus A. Stadelmann, PhD

Michelle Obama Chapter 22: The Ten Least-Known Facts about U.S. First Ladies Dolley Madison: Dining and Dashing Julia Grant: Using Foresight Caroline Harrison: Leaving the Light On Edith Roosevelt: Playing I Spy Edith Wilson: Wielding a Famous Relative Lou Hoover: Dodging Bullets Mamie Eisenhower: Working from Bed Jacqueline Kennedy: Upsetting the Public Lady Bird Johnson: Not Letting Anything Stop Her Barbara Bush: Taking Chances

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      12  About the Author

      13  Connect with Dummies

      14  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 2TABLE 2-1 First Lady Rankings

      List of Illustrations

      1 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: Martha Dandridge as a young woman. FIGURE 3-2: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. FIGURE 3-3: Martha Washington in retirement.

      2 Chapter 4FIGURE 4-1: Abigail Smith Adams. FIGURE 4-2: Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. FIGURE 4-3: Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas and Martha Jefferson....FIGURE 4-4: Dolley Payne Todd Madison. FIGURE 4-5: Dolley Madison wearing her signature turban. FIGURE 4-6: The famous George Washington painting, saved by Dolley Madison.

      3 Chapter 5FIGURE 5-1: Elizabeth Kortright Monroe. FIGURE 5-2: Louisa Johnson Adams FIGURE 5-3: Rachel Donelson Jackson.

      4 Chapter 6FIGURE 6-1: Hannah Hoes Van Buren. FIGURE 6-2: Angelica Van Buren, daughter-in-law of Martin Van Buren. FIGURE 6-3: Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison. FIGURE 6-4: Letitia Christian Tyler. FIGURE 6-5: Julia Gardiner Tyler.

      5 Chapter 7FIGURE 7-1: Sarah Childress Polk. FIGURE 7-2: Sarah Childress Polk in mourning.

      6 Chapter 8FIGURE 8-1: Margaret Smith Taylor. FIGURE 8-2: Abigail Powers Fillmore. FIGURE 8-3: Jane Means Appleton Pierce. FIGURE 8-4: Harriet Lane. FIGURE 8-5: The Harriet Lane, U.S. naval ship.

      7 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: Mary Todd Lincoln. FIGURE 9-2: Robert Lincoln, Mary and Abraham’s son.

      8 Chapter 10FIGURE 10-1: Eliza McCardle Johnson. FIGURE 10-2: Julia Dent Grant. FIGURE 10-3: Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. FIGURE 10-4: Lucretia Rudolph Garfield.

      9 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: Ellen Herndon Arthur. FIGURE 11-2: Frances Folsom Cleveland. FIGURE 11-3: The wedding of Frances Folsom and President Grover Cleveland. FIGURE 11-4: Frances Folsom Cleveland as First Lady. FIGURE 11-5: Frances remarried to Thomas J. Preston Jr. FIGURE 11-6: Caroline Scott Harrison. FIGURE 11-7: Ida Saxton McKinley.

      10 Chapter 12FIGURE 12-1: Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. FIGURE 12-2: Helen Herron Taft. FIGURE 12-3: Helen Taft playing cards. FIGURE 12-4: Ellen Louise Axson Wilson. FIGURE 12-5: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson.

      11 Chapter 13FIGURE 13-1: Florence Kling Harding FIGURE 13-2: Grace Goodhue Coolidge. FIGURE 13-3: Grace Coolidge and Rebecca the raccoon. FIGURE 13-4: Louise Henry Hoover. FIGURE 13-5: Louise Hoover on the radio.

      12 Chapter 14FIGURE 14-1: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. FIGURE 14-2: First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. FIGURE 14-3: Eleanor Roosevelt and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

      13 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman. FIGURE 15-2: Mamie Doud Eisenhower. FIGURE 15-3: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. FIGURE 15-4: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier as a photographer. FIGURE 15-5: Jackie Kennedy stands by as Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sw...

      14 Chapter 16FIGURE 16-1: Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson. FIGURE 16-2: Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon. FIGURE 16-3: Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Ford.

      15 Chapter 17FIGURE 17-1: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter. FIGURE 17-2: Nancy Davis Reagan. FIGURE 17-3: Barbara Pierce Bush.

      16 Chapter 18FIGURE 18-1: Hillary Rodham Clinton. FIGURE 18-2: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. FIGURE 18-3: Eleanor Roosevelt passing the baton to Hillary Clinton.

      17 Chapter 19FIGURE 19-1: Laura Welch Bush. FIGURE 19-2: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama.

      18 Chapter 20FIGURE 20-1: Melania Knauss Trump. FIGURE 20-2: Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden.

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