Grace Coolidge And Her Era

Author : Ishbel Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Grace Coolidge and Her Era by Ishbel Ross Pdf

Author : Ishbel Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Presidents
ISBN : LCCN:89134682

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Grace Coolidge and Her Era by Ishbel Ross Pdf

Author : Ishbel Ross,Mary F. Rockefeller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1988-06-01
Category : Presidents' spouses
ISBN : 0944951058

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Grace Collidge and Her Era by Ishbel Ross,Mary F. Rockefeller Pdf

Author : Barbara Sicherman,Carol Hurd Green
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography
ISBN : 0674627334

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Notable American Women by Barbara Sicherman,Carol Hurd Green Pdf

Modeled on the "Dictionary of American Biography, "this set stands alone but is a good complement to that set which contained only 700 women of 15,000 entries. The preparation of the first set of "Notable American Women" was supported by Radcliffe College. It includes women from 1607 to those who died before the end of 1950; only 5 women included were born after 1900. Arranged throughout the volumes alphabetically, entries are from 400 to 7,000 words and have bibliographies. There is a good introductory essay and a classified lest of entries in volume three.

Author : Robert H. Ferrell
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780700615636

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Grace Coolidge by Robert H. Ferrell Pdf

When Grace Anna Goodhue wed Calvin Coolidge in 1905, she thought then that marriage "has seldom united two people of more vastly different temperaments and tastes." Warm and vivacious to her husband's dour and taciturn, Grace was to be a contrast to Calvin for years to come. But as Robert Ferrell shows, their marriage ensured her husband's rise to high office. Ferrell focuses on Grace Coolidge's years in the White House, 1923-1929. Although the president did his best to rein her in—even forbidding her to speak on public issues—Grace quickly became one of the most popular and stylish of first ladies. Among the best-dressed women of her time (famously in red), she became the nation's fashion leader. She also opened the White House to the public, sponsored musicales within its walls, and worked on behalf of the deaf and disabled-all despite a less than supportive spouse. Ferrell recounts how she accomplished all of this, finding strength through the years in her Burlington background, her family, and her faith. In this lively book Ferrell provides a perceptive and often moving account of Grace Coolidge. From his insightful portrait of her Vermont roots to a frank assessment of the Coolidges and their sons, he offers a fresh perspective on a much-admired woman who was perhaps her husband's greatest political asset. Ferrell also takes readers inside Grace's strained marriage to the famously taciturn president who kept his wife in the dark about his plans, both political and personal. He offers a much more subtle look at the Coolidges and their relationship in the public eye than we've had, shedding new light on how she managed to deal with his irascible temper-and how the marriage ultimately triumphed over difficulties that Calvin could not have handled alone. Alternately charming and analytic, Ferrell's narrative will leave readers with the real sense of Grace Coolidge as a human being and a contributor to the historical legacy of presidential wives. For she did more than simply enliven a quiet White House-she set the tone for a nation and for first ladies to come.

Author : Robert E. Gilbert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313051845

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The Tormented President by Robert E. Gilbert Pdf

Although Calvin Coolidge is widely judged to have been a weak and even an incompetent president, this study concludes that he was a leader disabled by a crippling emotional breakdown. After an impressive early career, Coolidge assumed the presidency upon the death of Warren Harding. His promising political career suffered a major blow, however, with the death of his favorite child, 16-year-old Calvin Jr., in July 1924. Overwhelmed with grief, Coolidge showed distinct signs of clinical depression. Losing interest in politics, he served out his term as a broken man. This is the first account of Coolidge's life to compare his behavior before and after this tragedy, and the first to consider the importance of Coolidge's mental health in his presidential legacy. Gilbert carefully documents the dramatic change in Coolidge's leadership style, as well as the changes in his personal behavior. In his early career, Coolidge worked hard, was progressive, and politically astute. When he became Vice President in 1921, he impressed the Washington establishment by being strong and activist. After Harding's death, Coolidge took control of his party, dazzled the press, distanced himself from the Harding scandals, and showed ability in domestic and foreign policy. His son's death would destroy all of this. Gilbert documents Coolidge's subsequent dysfunctional behavior, including sadistic tendencies, rudeness and cruelty to family and aides, and odd interactions with the White House staff.

Author : John Whitcomb,Claire Whitcomb
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Presidents
ISBN : 0415939518

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Real Life at the White House by John Whitcomb,Claire Whitcomb Pdf

An irresistible chronological overview of daily life in the presidential residence. Divided into 42 chapters representing each succeeding administration, this survey is brimming with fun facts, tantalizing tidbits, and memorable anecdotes detailing two centuries of domestic bliss and strife in the White House. From George Washington, who chose the sight and initiated work on the presidential mansion, to Bill Clinton, whose well-documented White House escapades titillated and scandalized the nation, each individual president has contributed to the mystique of the most readily recognized home in the U.S. Together with scores of drawings, portraits, and photographs, the breezy text chronicles the significant physical, social, and emotional changes wrought by each First Family as they sought to personalize daily life in the White House.

Author : Robert Sobel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781596987371

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Coolidge by Robert Sobel Pdf

In the first full-scale biography of Calvin Coolidge in a generation, Robert Sobel shatters the caricature of our thirtieth president as a silent, do-nothing leader. Sobel instead exposes the real Coolidge, whose legacy as the most Jeffersonian of all twentieth century presidents still reverberates today.

Author : Lewis L. Gould
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000525601

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American First Ladies by Lewis L. Gould Pdf

An historical survey of the impact of individual First Ladies' impact on America and the American woman. A selection of each woman's own writings is given along with a commentary on her influence, and a biography of her life, and the narrative covers all the presidents' wives from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Author : Paul F. Boller
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0195121422

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Presidential Wives by Paul F. Boller Pdf

At once funny and poignant, dramatic and illuminating, this anecdotal history covers every First Lady from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton. "A marvelously entertaining work".--"Newsday".

Author : Betty Boyd Caroli
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780190669133

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First Ladies by Betty Boyd Caroli Pdf

"Betty Boyd Caroli's First Ladies observes the role as it has shifted and evolved from ceremonial backdrop to substantive world figure ... This [is a] expanded and updated fifth edition ... covering all forty-three women from Martha Washington to Melania and Ivanka Trump and including the daughters, daughters-in-law, and sisters of presidents who sometimes served as First Ladies. Caroli explores each woman's background, marriage, and accomplishments and failures in office. First Ladies is a portrait of how each First Lady changed the role and how the role changed in response to American culture. These women left remarkably complete records, and their stories offer us a window through which to view not only this particular sorority of women, but also the role of American women in general."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Betty Caroli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199750634

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First Ladies by Betty Caroli Pdf

Betty Boyd Caroli's engrossing and informative First Ladies is both a captivating read and an essential resource for anyone interested in the role of America's First Ladies. This expanded and updated fourth edition includes Laura Bush's tenure, Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential bid, and an in-depth look at Michelle Obama, one of the most charismatic and appealing First Ladies in recent history. Covering all forty-one women from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama and including the daughters, daughters-in-law, and sisters of presidents who sometimes served as First Ladies, Caroli explores each woman's background, marriage, and accomplishments and failures in office. This remarkably diverse lot included Abigail Adams, whose "remember the ladies" became a twentieth-century feminist refrain; Jane Pierce, who prayed her husband would lose the election; Helen Taft, who insisted on living in the White House, although her husband would have preferred a judgeship; Eleanor Roosevelt, who epitomized the politically involved First Lady; and Pat Nixon, who perfected what some have called "the robot image." They ranged in age from early 20s to late 60s; some received superb educations for their time, while others had little or no schooling. Including the courageous and adventurous, the emotionally unstable, the ambitious, and the reserved, these women often did not fit the traditional expectations of a presidential helpmate. Here then is an engaging portrait of how each First Lady changed the role and how the role changed in response to American culture. These women left remarkably complete records, and their stories offer us a window through which to view not only this particular sorority of women, but also American women in general. "Impressive...Caroli's profiles and observations of American first ladies and their relationship to the media are intelligent and perceptive." --Philadelphia Inquirer

Author : Robert H. Ferrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047071231

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The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge by Robert H. Ferrell Pdf

The first book-length assessment of Coolidge's presidency in thirty years draws on the recently opened papers of his White House physician for hitherto unknown personal information. Ferrell (history, Indiana U.) exonerates Coolidge for the failures of his party's foreign policy, but holds him accountable for having had insufficient economic savvy to warn Wall Street against the overspeculation that caused the Depression. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ludwig M. Deppisch, M.D.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780786474363

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The Health of the First Ladies by Ludwig M. Deppisch, M.D. Pdf

This first comprehensive study of the medical histories of America's first ladies--from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama--discusses their illnesses, their treatments and their physicians in the context of their times. As the categories of illness afflicting Americans have changed through history so have the kinds of maladies affecting the first ladies. Infectious diseases and the consequences of poorly supervised pregnancies have been replaced by cerebrovascular accidents and malignancies. The secrecy with which the White House has traditionally handled inquiries about the health of the president's wife is explored in detail; however, several first ladies, notably Betty Ford, have been transparent about their illnesses in order to educate the public. The effects of a first lady's responsibilities on her health is examined. This book also seeks to discern how the well-being of the first lady influences presidential performance.

Author : Dorothy Schneider,Carl J. Schneider
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438127507

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First Ladies by Dorothy Schneider,Carl J. Schneider Pdf

A biographical dictionary profiling first ladies of the United States, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama.