First Lady Florence Harding
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First Lady Florence Harding
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Author : Katherine Amelia Siobhan Sibley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
First Lady Florence Harding written by Katherine Amelia Siobhan Sibley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Turning to primary sources others have overlooked, Sibley challenges the cliches about Florence Harding's time in the national spotlight. She describes her support for racial equality, lobbying for better treatment for veterans and female prisoners and her lifelong interest in preventing animal cruelty.
Florence Harding
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Author : Carl Sferrazza Anthony
language : en
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date : 1998
Florence Harding written by Carl Sferrazza Anthony and has been published by William Morrow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tells the story of Florence Harding's rise from young unwed mother to First Lady and reveals her influence behind Harding's ascent to America's most scandal-ridden presidency and her role in his death. The drama of her life is set against the stage of the White House in the Jazz Age, and involves exciting elements such as mistresses, blackmail, poisoning, and opium addicts. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Companion To First Ladies
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Author : Katherine A.S. Sibley
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2016-03-02
A Companion To First Ladies written by Katherine A.S. Sibley and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-02 with History categories.
This volume explores more than two centuries of literature on the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, providing the first historiographical overview of these important women in U.S. history. Underlines the growing scholarly appreciation of the First Ladies and the evolution of the position since the 18th century Explores the impact of these women not only on White House responsibilities, but on elections, presidential policies, social causes, and in shaping their husbands’ legacies Brings the First Ladies into crisp historiographical focus, assessing how these women and their contributions have been perceived both in popular literature and scholarly debate Provides concise biographical treatments for each First Lady
The President S Daughter
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Author : Nan Britton
language : en
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Release Date : 2013-11-26
The President S Daughter written by Nan Britton and has been published by Ravenio Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The President’s Daughter, America’s first major kiss-and-tell political biography, caused a sensation when it was published in 1928. Nan Britton described her six-year affair with the late Warren G. Harding, most famously including trysts in a White House coat closet. President Harding’s paternity of Britton’s daughter Elizabeth Ann, born in 1919, was proved by DNA testing in 2015.
A Time Of Scandal
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Author : Rosemary Stevens
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2016
A Time Of Scandal written by Rosemary Stevens and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
Was the founding director of the US Veterans Bureau a criminal—or a scapegoat? In the early 1920s, with the nation still recovering from World War I, President Warren G. Harding founded a huge new organization to treat disabled veterans: the US Veterans Bureau, now known as the Department of Veterans Affairs. He appointed his friend, decorated veteran Colonel Charles R. Forbes, as founding director. Forbes lasted in the position for only eighteen months before stepping down under a cloud of criticism and suspicion. In 1926—after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud the federal government by rigging government contracts—he was sent to Leavenworth Penitentiary. Although he was known in his day as a drunken womanizer, and as a corrupt, betraying toady of a weak, blind-sided president, the question persists: was Forbes a criminal or a scapegoat? Historian Rosemary Stevens tells Forbes’s story anew, drawing on previously untapped records to reveal his role in America’s initial and ongoing commitment to veterans. She explores how Forbes’s rise and fall in Washington illuminates President Harding’s efforts to bring business efficiency to government. She also examines the Veterans Bureau scandal in the context of class, professionalism, ethics, and etiquette in a rapidly changing world. Most significantly, Stevens proposes a fascinating revisionist view of both Forbes and Harding—and raises questions about not only the validity but the source of their respective reputations. They did not defraud the government of billions of dollars, Stevens convincingly documents, and do not deserve the reputation they have carried for a hundred years. Packed with vibrant characters—conniving friends, FBI agents, and rival politicians split by sectional and ideological interests as well as gamblers, revelers, and wronged wives—A Time of Scandal will appeal to anyone interested in political gossip, presidential politics, the “Ohio Gang,” and the 1920s.
The Presidents Wives
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Author : Robert P. Watson
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 2000
The Presidents Wives written by Robert P. Watson and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Traces the development of the First Lady's role from obscurity into an influential force in politics, complete with office, staff and budgetary resources to rival those of key presidential advisors. The author also explores the paradoxes surrounding activism in the office.
Lou Henry Hoover
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Author : Nancy Beck Young
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2016-02-19
Lou Henry Hoover written by Nancy Beck Young and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Although overshadowed by her higher-profile successors, Lou Henry Hoover was in many ways the nation’s first truly modern First Lady. She was the first to speak on the radio and give regular interviews. She was the first to be a public political persona in her own right. And, although the White House press corps saw in her “old-fashioned wifehood,” she very much foreshadowed the “new woman” of the era. Nancy Beck Young presents the first thoroughly documented study of Lou Henry Hoover’s White House years, 1929–1933, showing that, far from a passive prelude to Eleanor Roosevelt, she was a true innovator. Young draws on the extensive collection of Lou Hoover’s personal papers to show that she was not only an important First Lady but also a key transitional figure between nineteenth- and twentieth-century views on womanhood. Lou Hoover was a multifaceted woman: a college graduate, a lover of the outdoors, a supporter of Girl Scouting, and a person engaged in social activism who endorsed political involvement for women and created a program to fight the Depression. Young traces Hoover’s many philanthropic efforts both before and during the Hoover presidency—contrasting them with those of her husband—and places her public activities in the larger context of contemporary women’s activism. And she shows that, unlike her predecessors, Hoover did more than entertain: she revolutionized the office of First Lady. Yet as Young reveals, Hoover was constrained as First Lady by her inability to achieve the same results that she had previously accomplished in her very public career for the volunteer community. As diligently as she worked to combat the hardship of the Depression for average Americans by mobilizing private relief efforts, her efforts ultimately had little effect. Although her celebrity has paled in the shadow of her husband’s negative association with the Great Depression, Lou Hoover’s story reveals a dynamic woman who used her activism to refashion the office of First Lady into a modern institution reflecting changes in the ways American women lived their lives. Young’s study of Hoover’s White House years shows that her legacy of innovation made a lasting mark on the office and those who followed.
Nellie Taft
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Author : Carl Sferrazza Anthony
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Nellie Taft written by Carl Sferrazza Anthony and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On the morning of William Howard Taft's inauguration, Nellie Taft publicly expressed that theirs would be a joint presidency by shattering precedent and demanding that she ride alongside her husband down Pennsylvania Avenue, a tradition previously held for the outgoing president. In an era before Eleanor Roosevelt, this progressive First Lady was an advocate for higher education and partial suffrage for women, and initiated legislation to improve working conditions for federal employees. She smoked, drank, and gambled without regard to societal judgment, and she freely broke racial and class boundaries. Drawing from previously unpublished diaries, a lifetime of love letters between Will and Nellie, and detailed family correspondence and recollections, critically acclaimed presidential family historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony develops a riveting portrait of Nellie Taft as one of the strongest links in the series of women -- from Abigail Adams to Hillary Rodham Clinton -- often critically declared "copresidents."
The President S Partner
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Author : Myra G. Gutin
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1989-09-05
The President S Partner written by Myra G. Gutin and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-09-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gives a brief biography of twelve First Ladies from 1920 to 1989 and describes the major communication activities of the First Lady and the factors that influenced the First Lady's performance as a public communicator.
Warren G Harding
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Author : Gerry Souter
language : en
Publisher: Child's World
Release Date : 2001-08
Warren G Harding written by Gerry Souter and has been published by Child's World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Discusses the early life, family, political career, and contributions of the twenty-ninth president of the United States.