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First Women - The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies (Paperback)
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First Women - The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies (Paperback)
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List price R318
Loot Price R239
Discovery Miles 2 390
You Save R79 (25%)
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking
backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an
intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to
Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. One of the most
underestimated-and challenging-positions in the world, the First
Lady of the United States must be many things: an inspiring leader
with a forward-thinking agenda of her own; a savvy politician,
skilled at navigating the treacherous rapids of Washington; a wife
and mother operating under constant scrutiny; and an able CEO
responsible for the smooth operation of countless services and
special events at the White House. Now, as she did in her smash #1
bestseller The Residence, former White House correspondent Kate
Andersen Brower draws on a wide array of untapped, candid
sources-from residence staff and social secretaries to friends and
political advisers-to tell the stories of the ten remarkable women
who have defined that role since 1960. Brower offers new insights
into this privileged group of remarkable women, including
Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Patricia Nixon, Betty Ford,
Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura
Bush, and Michelle Obama. The stories she shares range from the
heartwarming to the shocking and tragic, exploring everything from
the first ladies' political crusades to their rivalries with
Washington figures; from their friendships with other first ladies
to their public and private relationships with their husbands. She
also offers insight as to what Melania Trump might hope to
accomplish as First Lady. Candid and illuminating, this first group
biography of the modern first ladies provides a revealing look at
life upstairs and downstairs at the world's most powerful address.
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