Title:
Untold power : the fascinating rise and complex legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson / Rebecca Boggs Roberts.
ISBN:
9780593489994
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Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
xv, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Contents:
A Virginia childhood 1872-1891 -- Woman of Washington 1891-1908 -- Merry widow 1908-1914 -- Romanced by the President 1915 -- The First Lady in war 1916-1918 -- The First Lady in peace 1918-1919 -- The stroke 1919 -- "Stewardship" 1919-1921 -- After the White House 1921-1924 -- Woman of Washington reprise 1924-1961.
Summary:
"This portrait of the first acting woman president, written by a leading historian on women's suffrage and power, tracks the ascent of Edith Boling Galt Wilson, one of American history's most influential and complicated women." -- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1330403685
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