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The Resource First ladies and American women : in politics and at home, Jill Abraham Hummer

First ladies and American women : in politics and at home, Jill Abraham Hummer

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  • "This book is a history of first ladies beginning with Lou Henry Hoover and ending with Michelle Obama, discussing how they defined their role with a focus on how they related to women's issues and how they participated in politics. Hummer explores the intersection of personality and the first ladies' personal ambition and relationship with their presidential spouse, with the social and political context of the time as these women found their place in politics and the presidency. How each incumbent defines this rather formless office reflects the changing role of women in society as well as the image the president wants to project of family life in the White House and his attitude towards women."--Publisher information
  • "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 Henry Hoover to Michelle Obama has reflected and responded to trends that marked and unified her time. Jill Abraham Hummer divides her narrative into three distinct epochs. In the first, stretching from Lou Hoover to Jacqueline Kennedy, we see the advent of women's involvement in politics following women's suffrage, as well as pressures on family stability during depression, war, and postwar uncertainty. Next comes the second wave of the feminist movement, from Lady Bird Johnson's tenure through Rosalyn Carter's, when equality and the politics of the personal issues prevailed. And finally we enter the charged political and partisan environment over women's rights and the politics of motherhood in the wake of the conservative backlash against feminism after 1980, from Nancy Reagan to Michelle Obama. Throughout, Hummer explores how background, personality, ambitions, and her relationship to the president shaped each first lady's response to women in society and to the broader political context in which each administration functioned--and how, in turn, these singular responses reflect the changing role of women in American society over nearly a century."--Book jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
x, 269 pages
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Source of cataloging data: WCP
Contents
  • Introduction
  • After suffrage : Women's citizenship ; The stable society
  • The second wave : Equality ; The personal is political
  • After 1980 : Women's rights and human rights ; Motherhood and family politics
  • Conclusion
Isbn
9780700623808
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First ladies and American women : in politics and at home
Title
First ladies and American women
Title remainder
in politics and at home
Statement of responsibility
Jill Abraham Hummer
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "This book is a history of first ladies beginning with Lou Henry Hoover and ending with Michelle Obama, discussing how they defined their role with a focus on how they related to women's issues and how they participated in politics. Hummer explores the intersection of personality and the first ladies' personal ambition and relationship with their presidential spouse, with the social and political context of the time as these women found their place in politics and the presidency. How each incumbent defines this rather formless office reflects the changing role of women in society as well as the image the president wants to project of family life in the White House and his attitude towards women."--Publisher information
  • "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 Henry Hoover to Michelle Obama has reflected and responded to trends that marked and unified her time. Jill Abraham Hummer divides her narrative into three distinct epochs. In the first, stretching from Lou Hoover to Jacqueline Kennedy, we see the advent of women's involvement in politics following women's suffrage, as well as pressures on family stability during depression, war, and postwar uncertainty. Next comes the second wave of the feminist movement, from Lady Bird Johnson's tenure through Rosalyn Carter's, when equality and the politics of the personal issues prevailed. And finally we enter the charged political and partisan environment over women's rights and the politics of motherhood in the wake of the conservative backlash against feminism after 1980, from Nancy Reagan to Michelle Obama. Throughout, Hummer explores how background, personality, ambitions, and her relationship to the president shaped each first lady's response to women in society and to the broader political context in which each administration functioned--and how, in turn, these singular responses reflect the changing role of women in American society over nearly a century."--Book jacket
Biography type
contains biographical information
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DLC
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Hummer, Jill Abraham
Dewey number
320.082/0973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E176.2
LC item number
.H86 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Presidents' spouses
  • Presidents' spouses
  • Presidents' spouses
  • Presidents' spouses
  • Women
  • Sex role
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
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First ladies and American women : in politics and at home, Jill Abraham Hummer
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Publication
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-258) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- After suffrage : Women's citizenship ; The stable society -- The second wave : Equality ; The personal is political -- After 1980 : Women's rights and human rights ; Motherhood and family politics -- Conclusion
Control code
ocn960845677
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 269 pages
Isbn
9780700623808
Lccn
2016051183
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780700623808
  • (OCoLC)960845677
Label
First ladies and American women : in politics and at home, Jill Abraham Hummer
Publication
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-258) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- After suffrage : Women's citizenship ; The stable society -- The second wave : Equality ; The personal is political -- After 1980 : Women's rights and human rights ; Motherhood and family politics -- Conclusion
Control code
ocn960845677
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
x, 269 pages
Isbn
9780700623808
Lccn
2016051183
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780700623808
  • (OCoLC)960845677

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