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The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection by Lisa Kathleen Graddy and Amy Pastan
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Apr 01, 2014 | ISBN 9781588344694

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Praise

The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection, a slim but lavishly illustrated paperbound book, attempts to juggle that national obsession with dress and the weightier elements of a first lady’s role, in both her husband’s administration and the larger society… Still, it’s the dresses, in the end, that make this book, just as the clothes have made the Smithsonian exhibit a must-see for more than a century. There’s something about gazing at these gowns, captured in all their glory in full-color studio photographs, that’s almost hypnotic.” –Chicago Tribune

Table Of Contents

The First Ladies Collection (Introduction)
Who Is a First Lady?
The First Ladies Gowns: A Look Behind the Scenes
1 – Michelle Robinson Obama
2 – Laura Welch Bush
3 – Hillary Rodham Clinton
4 – Barbara Pierce Bush
5 – Nancy Davis Reagan
6 – Rosalynn Smith Carter
7 – Elizabeth Bloomer Ford
8 – Thelma Ryan Nixon
9 – Claudia Taylor Johnson
10 – Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
11 – Mamie Doud Eisenhower
12 – Elizabeth Wallace Truman
13 – Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
14 – Lou Henry Hoover
15 – Grace Goodhue Coolidge
16 – Florence Kling Harding
17 – Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
18 – Ellen Axson Wilson
19 – Helen Herron Taft
20 – Edith Carow Roosevelt
21 – Ida Saxton McKinley
22 – Caroline Scott Harrison
23 – Frances Folsom Cleveland
24 – Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
25 – Lucy Webb Hayes
26 – Julia Dent Grant
27 – Mary Todd Lincoln
28 – Harriet Rebecca Lane
29 – Jane Appleton Pierce
30 – Abigail Powers Fillmore
31 – Sarah Childress Polk
32 – Julia Gardiner Tyler
33 – Letitia Christian Tyler
34 – Louisa Johnson Adams
35 – Elizabeth Kortright Monroe
36 – Dolley Payne Todd Madison
37 – Abigail Smith Adams
38 – Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
First Ladies Timeline
Object List
Notes and Photo Credits

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