Designed as a companion to Salem's American Presidents this volume contains 46 comprehensive essays on every First Lady through Laura Bush. Articles are between

Provides profiles of the women who influenced the history of the United States as wives of its presidents.

These collected biographies on the wacky secrets and scandals of the first ladies of the United States casts American history in a whole new light Whether she�

How the three inaugural First Ladies defined the role for future generations, and carved a space for women in America America’s first First Ladies—Martha Wa

This first comprehensive study of the medical histories of America's first ladies--from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama--discusses their illnesses, their tr