Wife of one president and mother of another, Barbara Bush was an outspoken first lady who looked more like her constituents than did her predecessors. A White House resident for only four years, she n
Reassesses the influence of Nancy Reagan's acting background on her tenure as first lady in a biography that offers an objective understanding of her place in the history of presidential wives.
Drawing on the first lady's recently released papers, as well as personal interviews with those who knew her, the author examines Pat Nixon's activism, her complicated relationship with her husband an
