First Mothers
The Women Who Shaped the Presidents
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, Biography & Memoir, Political, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Bonnie Angelo | ISBN: | 9780061972829 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books | Publication: | October 6, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bonnie Angelo |
| ISBN: | 9780061972829 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Publication: | October 6, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Language: | English |
Bonnie Angelo, a veteran reporter and writer for Time, has captured the daily lives, thoughts, and feelings of the remarkable women who played such a large role in developing the characters of the modern American presidents. From formidably aristocratic Sara Delano Roosevelt to diehard Democrat Martha Truman, champion athlete Dorothy Bush, and hard-living Virginia Clinton Kelley, Angelo blends these women's stories with the texture of their lives and with colorful details of their times. First Mothers is an in-depth look at the special mother-son relationships that nurtured and helped propel the last twelve American presidents to the pinnacle of power.
Bonnie Angelo, a veteran reporter and writer for Time, has captured the daily lives, thoughts, and feelings of the remarkable women who played such a large role in developing the characters of the modern American presidents. From formidably aristocratic Sara Delano Roosevelt to diehard Democrat Martha Truman, champion athlete Dorothy Bush, and hard-living Virginia Clinton Kelley, Angelo blends these women's stories with the texture of their lives and with colorful details of their times. First Mothers is an in-depth look at the special mother-son relationships that nurtured and helped propel the last twelve American presidents to the pinnacle of power.
