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First Ladies

Women Who Called the White House Home (First Ladies)

Plot

Gr. 4^-6. The lives of all the U.S. presidents' wives, from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton, are explored in this collection of short but interesting biographical sketches. The profiles are chronologically arranged, and each briefly describes the First Lady's life, with the focus on her time in the White House. Only Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Kennedy Onassis warrant more than the two pages of text the other First Ladies receive. Black-and-white photographs and drawings accent the readable accounts. No index, list of resources, or bibliography of suggested readings is included. Young readers will find the information offered here introductory in nature. They will need more in-depth biographies of these women for assignments. April Judge.