The Presidents' Wives : The Office of the First Lady in US Politics.

Intro -- Title page -- copyright page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Ch1- Behind Every Successful Man -- The Power Behind the Throne -- Photo: Frances Cleveland and the ladies of the cabinet, 1897 -- A New View of the Presidents' Wives -- Worthy Public Figures -- First Ladies Around the World -- The Title of "First Lady" -- In Service of Their Country -- The Presidential Marriage: Number of Years Married Prior to Serving in the White House -- Notes -- Photo: President and Ida McKinley on the reviewing stand at a parade, 1899 -- Ch2- Studying the First Ladies -- Why Study the Presidents' Wives? -- Birthplaces of the First Ladies by Frequency of Location -- The State of Scholarship -- Education of First Ladies -- Table 2.1 First Ladies of the United States -- A Challenging Office -- Notes -- Photo: Margaret Wilson and Ellen Wilson at a horse show, 1913 -- Ch3- A History of Influence -- Historical Periods of the First Ladyship -- The White House: The First Lady's House -- Surrogate First Ladies -- White House Hostesses Who Were Not First Ladies -- Notes -- Ch4- A Woman Without Portfolio -- Photo: The first lady of the land, Grace Coolidge, tries army chow, 1927 -- The Evolution of Institutional Roles and Duties -- The First Lady's Roles and Duties -- Roles and Duties of the First Lady -- The First Lady as Woman of Influence -- Office and Staff -- Staff Positions in the Office of the First Lady -- Salaries in the Office of First Lady Michelle Obama -- Employees in the Office of First Lady Hillary Clinton, 1997 -- Notes -- Ch5- Approaches to the Office -- Multidimensional Office, Multiple Approaches -- Photo: Lou Hoover takes an active role in the Christmas affair -- Basic Approaches and the First Ladyship -- Table 5.1 Age Profile of the First Ladies -- Presidential Liabilities -- The Paradoxes of Being the President's Spouse.

Notes -- Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt greets guests of the White House for the annual Easter egg roll, 1935 -- Ch6- Roles and a Presidential Partnership -- Four Types of Social Influence -- Social Projects of Recent First Ladies -- The First Lady as Human Rights Advocate -- Four Types of Political Activism -- Table 6.1 Presidential and Vice Presidential Spouses Who Testified Before Congress -- Political Activities of First Ladies -- Four Types of Political Influence -- Nancy Reagan's International Travel, 1981-1985 -- Four Types of Political Partnership -- Table 6.2 Presidential Children: Successful Careers in Public Service -- The Presidential Partnership -- Five Types of Presidential Partnership -- Notes -- Photo: President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford celebrate winning the nomination at the Republican National Convention, 1976 -- Ch7- The Question of Character -- Character Is Queen -- A Model of Presidential Character -- Presidential Character Model -- A Model of First Lady Character -- First Lady Character Model -- Character Matters -- Notes -- Photo: President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter dance at the Inaugural Ball,1977 -- Ch8- Public Women and Public Opinion -- First Ladies in the Spotlight -- Public Opinion Polling and the First Lady -- The First Lady's Public Image -- Table 8.1 Public Approval Ratings of First Ladies -- Table 8.2 Voting and the First Lady (in percentage -- Table 8.3 Media and the First Lady (in percentage) -- Table 8.4 Perceptions of Politically Active First Ladies (in percentage) -- Table 8.5 Betty Ford's "Outspokenness" -- Notes -- Photo: Princess Margaret of the Netherlands presents First Lady Hillary Clinton with a bouquet, 1997 -- Ch9- Rating the Presidents' Wives -- How to Rate and Rank the Presidents' Wives.

Table 9.1 First-Place and Top-Ten Finishes in Gallup's "Most Admired Woman" Poll, 1948-2012 -- Table 9.2 First Lady Appearances in Gallup's "Most Admired Woman" Poll -- Rankings by Presidential Scholars -- Table 9.3 First Ladies Most Admired by Prominent Women -- Table 9.4 The Good Housekeeping Ranking -- Table 9.5 Ranking the First Ladies: Siena Polls -- Table 9.6 Ranking the First Ladies: Watson Polls -- Table 9.7 Best and Worst First Ladies -- What the Polls Tell Us -- Table 9.8 Comparing Early and Modern First Ladies -- Table 9.9 Comparing Active/Political and Inactive/Traditional First Ladies -- Table 9.10 Rankings of Presidents -- Table 9.11 Comparing Presidents and First Ladies -- Table 9.12 The 2014 Siena Ranking of First Ladies -- Notes -- Ch10- The Future of the Office -- What's in a Name? -- Photo: Michelle and Barack Obama watch the 2009 Inaugural Parade -- Table 10.1 Female World Leaders -- Life After the White House -- Studying the Presidents' Wives -- Table 10.2 Discussion of the First Lady in the College Classroom -- Table 10.3 College Class Time Devoted to the First Lady -- What's Next? -- Advice to Future First Ladies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Profiles of the First Ladies -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book.

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