Henry Carter Hull

A comprehensive biography of Abigail Adams, wife of the second president of the United States, and describes her life and dedication to the cause of a woman's right to own property and receive an education.

First Lady Laura Bush reveals her life, describing her childhood in Midland, Texas, along with her relationships with family members and friends, and discusses a tragic high school car accident, professional accomplishments, married life, experiences in the White House, and more.

Mrs. Bush recounts her growing up in Rye, New York, and later a political life lived in the public eye for more than twenty-five years.

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America, she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private. A deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily...

Provides a compelling evaluation of one of the most inspiring women in American political history, Eleanor Roosevelt niece of one president and wife to another.

An absorbing chronicle of a much overlooked chapter in Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's life-her nineteen-year editorial career. History remembers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as the consummate first lady, the nation's tragic widow, the millionaire's wife, and, of course, the quintessential embodiment of elegance. Her biographers, however, skip over an equally important stage in her life: her nearly twenty-year long career as a book editor. Jackie as Editor...

A biographical tribute to the upbringing and career of Eleanor Roosevelt, who taught children in poor neighborhoods in New York City and worked as an ambassador, activist, and champion of civil rights.

With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves. In place of the domestic frump of popular imagination, Patricia Brady resurrects the wealthy, attractive, and vivacious young widow who captivated the youthful George Washington. Here are the able landowner, the indomitable patriot (who faithfully joined her husband each winter at Valley Forge),...