American Woman
By Katie Rogers
By Katie Rogers
By Katie Rogers
By Katie Rogers
By Katie Rogers
Read by Karen Murray and Katie Rogers
By Katie Rogers
Read by Karen Murray and Katie Rogers
Category: Political Figure Biographies & Memoirs | U.S. History
Category: Political Figure Biographies & Memoirs | U.S. History
Category: Political Figure Biographies & Memoirs | U.S. History | Audiobooks
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$30.00
Feb 27, 2024 | ISBN 9780593240564
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Feb 27, 2024 | ISBN 9780593240571
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Feb 27, 2024 | ISBN 9780593786468
621 Minutes
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Praise
“[A] deeply interesting, and thoroughly researched, look at the role of First Lady.”—Town & Country
“[Katie] Rogers is a gimlet-eyed White House reporter for the New York Times who writes with more verve than many on the beat, and she has studded her book with delicious aperçus and insider tea.”—The Washington Post
“The continued existence of [Jill] Biden’s teaching career illustrates how inviolable assumptions about first ladies can seem—until they are smashed by the obstinacy of an individual woman.”—The Atlantic
“Rogers is personable, relatable, and witty about the absurdities that accompany covering the White House.”—Los Angeles Review of Books
“From one of our shrewdest students of the Presidency comes this trenchant, fresh and fascinating story of Jill Biden and earlier First Ladies in our time, and how—both in public and private—they have transformed what we should expect of a Presidential spouse.”—Michael Beschloss
“Katie Rogers’s fresh reporting offers striking revelations about the inner lives of the first ladies. Each of these women has faced the society’s fickle expectations and arbitrary limitations on female power.”—Kate Andersen Brower, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women
“American Woman is a triumph. Katie Rogers brings each of her subjects alive on the page with the care, empathy, guts, and first-class reporting chops that have made her one of the most powerful political writers of the century.”—Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York magazine
“Americans expect a lot from their first ladies and throughout our history many of their contributions have been overlooked. Katie Rogers explores the challenges first ladies face in both meeting and defying those expectations.”—Anita McBride, executive-in-residence at American University and author of U.S. First Ladies
“With deep reporting and revealing firsthand anecdotes, American Woman takes readers inside the East Wing and into the bizarrely essential role of an American First Lady.”—Kate Bennett, former CNN White House correspondent, author of Free, Melania
“Katie Rogers illuminates this elite club of American women, including their varied personalities and lasting impact.”—Mary Jordan, national political correspondent for The Washington Post, author of The Art of Her Deal
“Katie Rogers shows us the knowledge, wisdom, tenacity, and world-building powers some of the most famous women were holding right in front of us.”—Sam Sanders, founding co-host of The NPR Politics Podcast
“Katie Rogers rigorously examines the notion of legacy and the first lady in the modern era.”—Booklist, starred review
“A well-written, extensively researched account of a challenging role in the public eye.”—Kirkus Reviews
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