A Joosr Guide to... First Women by Kate Brower: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies

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In 1961 Jacqueline Kennedy became the first truly modern First Lady, bringing the role onto the international stage. Up until 2016 nine other women have taken up the mantle and have each made a name for themselves, not only as their husband's companions but as successful and interesting women in their own right-and ones that we could do well to learn from.

First Women takes up the stories of six of these formidable women and brings to life the individual qualities and personality traits that each of them have brought to the White House. Seeing their husbands through trials and tribulations, as well as celebrations and successes, these women are as much a part of America's history as the presidents they married.

You will learn:

· About the legacy left by each of these women and how they have played their part in shaping modern America

· Details of how each of the First Ladies lived her life in the White House

· Of their key qualities, and how these could influence the ways in which we live our own lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Jul 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785673825

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What’s it about?

Between 1961 and 2016, there have been ten presidents of the United States, and at their sides ten First Ladies who have been with them through thick and thin—ten women who have had the role foisted upon them and had to find their own ways to deal with the pressures of living in the fishbowl that is the White House. From the tragic widow Jacqueline Kennedy through to perhaps the most reluctant First Lady Michelle Obama, this select group of women represent life in modern America, as they negotiate motherhood, infidelities, illness, attacks, and political crises, all while under the critical spotlight of a nation watching their every move.

To be First Lady is to be thrust onto the world stage and laid open to scrutiny. As First Lady Betty Ford wrote in a personal letter, First Ladies are constitutionally required to be perfect. Each of these women walks a tightrope, where they are expected to be, in the words of Lady Bird Johnson, a showman. A clotheshorse and publicity sounding board, with a good heart and a real interest in the folks. So how did they, and how do they, manage the