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Author: Dwight Young Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 9781426200878 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 212
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Collects letters, some of which appear as full-size facsimiles, written over the centuries to America's first ladies by ordinary citizens and famous figures, and includes historical information to illuminate the writer's concerns and ideas.
Author: Dwight Young Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 9781426200878 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 212
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Collects letters, some of which appear as full-size facsimiles, written over the centuries to America's first ladies by ordinary citizens and famous figures, and includes historical information to illuminate the writer's concerns and ideas.
Author: Rochelle Pearson Publisher: ISBN: 9781947656604 Category : Languages : en Pages : 180
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First Lady: The Truth Shall Set You Free is the poignant story of three women whose desires to be First Lady proved that all that glittered was not gold as once told. Realization from the attention, the glamour, and the fame that accompanies being a First Lady came to a head. Each woman soon realized that being a First Lady was not all it was cracked up to be. The lies, deceit, the hurt, and the pain that comes with being a First Lady forced them to face reality. The defeats and triumphs of their story will highlight things in your life and help you to see your true self.
Author: Dwight Young Publisher: ISBN: 9781426205897 Category : American letters Languages : en Pages : 207
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Young and Johnson provide a glimpse into America's political and social history through letters received and written by the presidents' wives. Images of original correspondences appear opposite narratives that provide accessible historical context. Additional drawings and photographs enhance the visual experience. The letters range in content from politically significant to personally insightful. Dolley Madison describes her famed 1814 flight from the White House during the War of 1812 and dramatic rescue of Washington's portrait to her sister. Queen Victoria comforts Mary Todd Lincoln after her husband's assassination. Jane Pierce writes elaborate messages to her dead son, revealing the fragility of her grief-stricken mind. Sometimes, the letters provide an opportunity to notice contradictions present in these famous women. Eleanor Roosevelt denounces the racial discrimination practiced by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and on the next page makes excuses for the policy of Japanese Internment. What emerges is not only a portrait of the privilege and power of these women, but also a palpable sense of their humanity. A few of the letters are neither politically nor personally significant and one wonders why they were included. The occasional triviality of the subject matter, as well as the book's lack of index, make it an enjoyable example of anecdotal history rather than a source for serious research. While the original documents give the book an appealing primary-source quality, the handwritten words are often hard to decipher. The authors provide transcriptions for selected letters at the back of the book.
Author: Elizabeth J. Natalle Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 1498512224 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 167
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Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetor is an edited anthology that explores the persona and speech-making of the country’s first African American first lady. The result of these thought-provoking essays is an interdisciplinary text that explores the First Lady from a rhetorical and cultural point of view. Authors analyze her Democratic National Convention speeches, her brand as First Lady, her communication from her latest trip to Africa, her agenda rhetoric in Let’s Move! and Reach Higher, and her coming out as a Black feminist intellectual when she spoke at Maya Angelou’s memorial service. Readers will recognize Michelle Obama as a rhetor of our times—a woman who influences America at the intersections of gender, race, and class and who is representative of what women are today.
Author: Rosalynn Carter Publisher: University of Arkansas Press ISBN: 9781610751551 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 424
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First Lady from Plains, first published in 1984, is Rosalynn’s Carter’s autobiography, covering her life from her childhood in Plains, Georgia, through her time as First Lady. It is “a readable, lively and revealing account of the Carters and their remarkable journey from rural Georgia to the White House in a span of ten years” (The New York Times).
Author: James Balog Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 9781426204104 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 212
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Collects essays and photographs that describe scientific evidence of the negative effects of global warming on glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere, based on the Extreme Ice Survey glacier study.
Author: Leisa Wynn-Johnson Publisher: Christian Living Books, Inc. ISBN: 1562295845 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 155
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Pastors’ wives are human. Let’s face it. Behind the welcoming smiles, gentle handshakes, and stylish dresses, they face untold challenges in their personal and church lives. Who does a first lady talk to? To whom does she tell her woes? In this inspiring and compelling book, First Lady Leisa Wynn-Johnson invites pastors’ wives to engage in candid and liberating conversations about their real lives. First Ladies, Can We Talk? is an open and honest discourse on the dynamics of church culture, church politics, and the realities of relationships between church folk, pastors, and their wives. Let’s talk about loneliness and isolation, misunderstandings, role conflicts, betrayal, rejection, depression, and criticism. And let’s talk about the tears, intense pressure to perform, and the longing to be liked. Each chapter has a scripture, a powerful prayer, and an encouraging affirmation of gratitude, confidence, family success, empowerment, and more. Whether you are young or old, quiet or vocal, a novice or expert first lady, a clergy wife, or in ministry yourself, these conversations will uplift, encourage, and guide you in your role as a mother, wife, and woman of God. Learn to navigate, communicate, and find joy in your God-ordained assignment. Let’s talk about it! -The importance of mentors and venting -How to find grace in times of increase and decline -How to manage expectations -What to do when the bough breaks
Author: Patricia Bell-Scott Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0679767290 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 482
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • The riveting history of how Pauli Murray—a brilliant writer-turned-activist—and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America. “A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt.” —Essence In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.