Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
Contents
Introduction: political spouses and presidential campaigns -- Women as citizens: the emergence and entrenchment of Republican motherhood -- Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton: the Year of the Woman (1992) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton and Elizabeth Dole: dutiful (and accomplished) wives (1996) -- Tipper Gore and Laura Bush: quintessential Republican mothers (2000) -- Laura Bush and Teresa Heinz Kerry: the all-American wife and the assertive heiress (2004) -- Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama: revering wifedom and motherhood (2008) -- Michelle Obama and Ann Romney: battling for mom in chief (2012) -- Bill Clinton and Melania Trump: the former president and the model immigrant (2016) -- Conclusion: reifying Republican motherhood.
