Sibley - A companion to first ladies

1. Chapter 11
2. Chapter 12
3. Chapter 22
4. Chapter 23
5. Chapter 29
6. Chapter 30
7. Chapter 31
8. Chapter 37
9. Chapter 39
10. Chapter 40

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A Companion to First Ladies
Edited by Katherine A. S. Sibley

Edited by

Katherine A. S. Sibley

This edition first published 2016
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Names: Sibley, Katherine A. S. (Katherine Amelia Siobhan), 1961 editor.
Title: A companion to first ladies / edited by Katherine A. S. Sibley.
Description: Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015045050 | ISBN 9781118732229 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Presidents spousesUnited StatesBiography.
Classification: LCC E176.2 .C65 2016 | DDC 973.09/9dc23
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Kristin L. Ahlberg is assistant to the general editor in the Office of the Historian, US Department of State. She is the author of Transplanting the Great Society: Lyndon Johnson and Food for Peace (2008); co-compiler of Foreign Relations of the United States, 19691976, volume 38: Foundations of Foreign Policy, 19731976 (2012); and compiler of Foreign Relations of the United States, 19771980, volume 2: Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs