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1 online resource (xxi, 335 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Visions of the American press |
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Visions of the American press.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-313) and index. |
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Eleanor Roosevelt and the "newspaper girls" -- Early first ladies and the public sphere -- Jackie Kennedy and the construction of Camelot -- First ladies as political helpmates : Lady Bird Johnson and Pat Nixon -- First ladies and feminism : Betty Ford and Rosalynn Carter -- First ladies and image-making : Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush -- Hillary Rodham Clinton as media polarizer -- Laura Bush as emblem of national caring -- Looking ahead. |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
At her first press conference, Eleanor Roosevelt, uncertain of her role as hostess or leader, passed a box of candied grapefruit peel to the thirty-five women journalists. Nearly sixty years later, Hillary Clinton, an accomplished professional woman and lawyer, tried to mollify her critics by handing out her chocolate-chip cookie recipe. These exchanges tells us as much about the social and political roles of women in America as they do about the relation of the first lady to the press and the public. Looking at the personal interaction between each first lady from Martha Washington to Laura Bush and the mass media of her day, Maurine H. Beasley traces the growth of the institution of the first lady as a part of the American political system. Her work shows how media coverage of first ladies, often limited to stereotypical ideas about women, has not adequately reflected the importance of their role. |
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Presidents' spouses -- Press coverage -- United States.
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Press and politics -- United States.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography -- Miscellanea.
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United States -- Politics and government -- Miscellanea.
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Présidents -- Conjoints, dans la presse -- États-Unis.
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Médias -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis.
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Presse et politique -- États-Unis.
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Présidents -- Conjoints -- États-Unis -- Biographies -- Miscellanées.
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États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Miscellanées.
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Présidents -- Conjoints -- Couverture de presse -- États-Unis.
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HISTORY.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
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Mass media -- Political aspects
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Politics and government
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Presidents' spouses
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Press and politics
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Women.
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Gender roles.
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Role behavior.
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Trivia and miscellanea
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beasley, Maurine Hoffman. First ladies and the press. Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2005018040 (OCoLC)60743189 |
| ISBN |
9780810162341 (electronic bk.) |
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0810162342 (electronic bk.) |
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0810123126 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780810123120 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780810123137 |
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0810123134 |
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9780810123137 |
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AU@ 000056807162 |
