First Ladies - by Susan Swain (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians for C-SPAN's yearlong history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image. This book provides an up-close historical look at these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the White House, sometimes at great personal cost, while supporting their families and famous husbands-- and sometimes changing history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians</b> <p/> C-SPAN's yearlong history series, <i>First Ladies: Influence and Image</i>, featured interviews with more than fifty preeminent historians and biographers. In this informative book, these experts paint intimate portraits of all forty-five first ladies -- their lives, ambitions, and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. Susan Swain and the C-SPAN team elicit the details that made these women who they were: how Martha Washington intentionally set the standards followed by first ladies for the next century; how Edith Wilson was complicit in the cover-up when President Wilson became incapacitated after a stroke; and how Mamie Eisenhower used the new medium of television to reinforce her, and her husband's, positive public images. <p/> This book provides an up-close historical look at these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the White House, sometimes at great personal cost, while supporting their families and famous husbands -- and sometimes changing history. Complete with illustrations and essential biographical details, it is an illuminating, entertaining, and ultimately inspiring read.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Susan Swain</b> is C-SPAN's co-CEO and, in addition to her senior management role at the network, has been an on-camera host for C-SPAN for more than thirty years, interviewing public officials, historians, and journalists for the public affairs network. <i>The Presidents</i> is her ninth book project with C-SPAN and PublicAffairs. She lives in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
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