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First ladies and the press : the unfinished partnership of the media age /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beasley, Maurine Hoffman
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2005.
Series:Visions of the American press.
Subjects:
Presidents' spouses > Press coverage > United States.
Mass media > Political aspects > United States.
Press and politics > United States.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography > Miscellanea.
United States > Politics and government > Miscellanea.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Eleanor Roosevelt and the "newspaper girls"
  • Early first ladies and the public sphere
  • Jackie Kennedy and the construction of Camelot
  • First ladies as political helpmates : Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon
  • First ladies and feminism : Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter
  • First ladies and image-making : Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton as media polarizer
  • Laura Bush as emblem of national caring
  • Looking ahead.