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| A 105-Year Old Who Helped Embroider History | Ames, Lynne | 1993 | New York Times 17 January 1993 | Article includes information on Hillary Clinton, Florence Harding, and Eleanor Roosevelt. |
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| 200 Years of the American Presidency | American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural Committee | 1989 | Washington, D.C.: Walsworth Publishing | |
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| The 42 First Ladies: Their Place in History | Klemesrud, Judy | 1983 | New York Times 6 December 1983 | A report on the Hunter College conference entitled “The First Lady.” |
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| A-Dressing the Nation | Gage, Elani | 2005 | People Magazine 7 February 2005 | Article on what the Bush women wore to the second inauguration. |
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| Abolish Her | Greer, Germaine | 1995 | New Republic 26 June 1995 | Greer’s argument for doing away with the role of First Lady, looking specifically at Jacqueline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
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| The Adams Women | Nagel, Paul | 1987 | New York: Oxford University Press | |
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| An Affair of State | | 2003 | People Magazine 2 June 2003 | Comparison between state dinners under the Bushes and the Clintons. |
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| All the Presidents’ Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America’s First Families | Wead, Douglas | 2003 | New York: Simon & Schuster | |
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| All the President’s Kin | Kellerman, Barbara | 1981 | New York: Free Press | |
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| All the Presidents' Wives; Dozens of Writers are Taking Second Looks at the First Ladies and their Influential Roles | Dawson, Bill | 2005 | Minneapolis Star Tribune 8 August 2005 | Mentions that 31 books have been written about First Ladies in the past eighteen months, as First Ladies are now being taken more seriously than a generation ago. |
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| All The President’s Women | Robertson, Rebecca | 2005 | ARTnews December 2005 | Coverage of a photography exhibition called “First Ladies” by Jean-Pierre Khazem at Sperone Westwater in New York |
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| American First Ladies | Watson, Robert P., ed. | 2006 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | |
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| American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacies. 2nd edition | Gould, Lewis L., ed. | 2001 | New York: Routledge | |
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| American First Ladies, a Study in Persuasion: Professor Lewis Gould | McKee, Victoria | 1988 | The Times of London 9 September 1988 | Dr. Lewis L. Gould, historian at the University of Texas, weighs in on the importance of First Ladies, after having pioneered the first university class on the subject. |
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| American Heroes | | 2009 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | Brief biographical sketches cover the basic biographical information and explain how the subject contributed to the greatness of America. |
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| American Made: New White House Pastry Chef | Burros, Marian, and Rozanne Gold | 2004 | New York Times 1 September 2004 | Article discusses succession of Thaddeus R. DuBois to the position of White House pastry chef. |
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| American Presidential Families | Brogan, Hugh, and Charles Mosley | 1993 | New York: Macmillan | |
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| America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 2000 | New York: Touchstone | |
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| America’s First Ladies | Caroli, Betty Boyd | 1989 | American History Illustrated 1989 | |
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| America’s First Ladies: Private Lives of the Presidential Wives | Healy, Diana Dixon | 1988 | New York: Atheneum | |
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| America’s First Ladies: Their Uncommon Wisdom, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush | Adler, Bill | 2002 | Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishers | |
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| America’s First Ladies, 1865 to the Present Day | Chaffin, Lillie D., and Miriam Butwin | 1968 | Minneapolis: Lerner | Biographical sketches of every First Lady from Eliza Johnson to Rosalynn Carter. |
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| America’s Leading Ladies | Schuman, Michael | 2004 | Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 2 May 2004 | Article on the National First Ladies Library. |
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| America’s Most Influential First Ladies | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 1992 | Minneapolis: Oliver Press | For readers grades 5-7. |
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| Artist Portrays All First Ladies: Statuettes in Period Garb Are to Be Displayed This Week to Aid Hospital | | 1951 | New York Times 27 May 1951 | |
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| As First Ladies Go | Hess, Stephen | 1981 | Hartford Courant 29 May 1981 | Brookings Institute Fellow Stephen Hess believes that most First Ladies have served the country well. |
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| Barbara Bush and Abigail Adams are a Sorority of Two | Gay, Wayne Lee | 2001 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram 18 January 2001 | |
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| Behind Every Successful President: The Hidden Power and Influence of America's First Ladies | Anderson, Alice E., and Hadley V. Baxendale | 1992 | New York: Shapolsky Publishers, Inc. | Based on secondary sources, this book devotes short biographical chapters to First Ladies from Lou Henry Hoover through Barbara Bush. |
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| Behind the Scenes First Ladies are First Advisors | | 2004 | USA Today 14 June 2004 | Article discussing the ways in which presidential souses have influenced public policy mentions Edith Wilson’s role in the wake of President Wilson’s stroke. |
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| Betty Ford to Michelle Obama: How Six First Ladies Have Changed the Office | Karas, David, and Chloe Stepney | 2011 | Christian Science Monitor 12 July 2011 | Examines how the six first ladies after the recently deceased Mrs. Ford built on the work she did to continue the evolution of the office of the First Lady. |
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