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First Ladies and American Women
Jill Abraham Hummer
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Description for First Ladies and American Women
Hardback. The book tells the story of first ladies and American women, as it unfolds through decades of turbulence, progress, and uncertainty. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Unelected, but expected to act as befits her “office,” the first lady has what Pat Nixon called “the hardest unpaid job in the world.” Michelle Obama championed military families with the program Joining Forces. Four decades earlier Pat Nixon traveled to Africa as the nation’s official representative. And nearly four decades before that, Lou Hoover took to the airwaves to solicit women's help in unemployment relief. Each first lady has, in her way, been intimately linked with the roles, rights, and responsibilities of American women. Pursuing this connection, First Ladies and American Women reveals how each first lady from Lou ... Read more
Unelected, but expected to act as befits her “office,” the first lady has what Pat Nixon called “the hardest unpaid job in the world.” Michelle Obama championed military families with the program Joining Forces. Four decades earlier Pat Nixon traveled to Africa as the nation’s official representative. And nearly four decades before that, Lou Hoover took to the airwaves to solicit women's help in unemployment relief. Each first lady has, in her way, been intimately linked with the roles, rights, and responsibilities of American women. Pursuing this connection, First Ladies and American Women reveals how each first lady from Lou ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700623808
SKU
V9780700623808
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Ref
99-24
About Jill Abraham Hummer
Jill Abraham Hummer is associate professor of political science at Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Political Science Education, White House Studies, Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court, The Hill newspaper, and other publications.
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