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First Ladies and Their Husbands

November 6, 2009 by Kristie Miller Leave a Comment

First Ladies and Their Husbands

Last week’s New York Times Magazine featured an essay on the Obamas’ marriage.

“It’s modern,” announced the cover.

Well, yes and no.

I have been writing about three presidential couples: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; Woodrow and Ellen Wilson; Woodrow and Edith Wilson.

The Obamas are not so very different from their White House predecessors of a hundred years ago.

Michelle Obama speaks out on health care reform, mulls over Supreme Court nominees, and consults with her husband on personnel and public opinion.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Edith Wilson, eleanor roosevelt, Ellen Wilson, First Ladies, Michelle Obama

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University Press of Kansas
(October 15, 2010)
360 pages
$34.95
ISBN: 978-0700617371

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