LibGuides: Presidential Information: First Ladies of the United States

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Resources about the First Ladies

Smithsonian Exhibit about the First Ladies
Images, biographical materials, plus an interactive area from the Smithsonian
First Ladies National Historic Site
National Parks Service provides a wonderful web site just for the First Ladies of the United States including a brief history of the Office of the First Lady. Did you know the term "First Lady" did not come into use until sometime in the mid019th century?
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This site will also lead you through the various parks named for Presidents as well. See how many are named for First Ladies?
Hall of First Ladies
A look from the White House

Modern First Ladies: Their Documentary Legacy is a collection of essays complied by Nancy Kegan Smith and Mary C. Ryan in 1989 and published as an ERIC document covering the First Ladies of the 20th century to Mrs. Nancy Reagan. This book was published for the National Archives.

There is also a First Ladies National Historic Site

Books about the First Ladies

Abigail and John by Edith Belle Gelles
Call Number: E322 .G456 2009
ISBN: 9780061353871
Publication Date: 2009-04-14
A Companion to First Ladies by Katherine A. S. Sibley (Editor)
ISBN: 9781118732250
Publication Date: 2016-04-29
Orbis Cascade Wiley Discovery Resource E-book
First Ladies by Betty Boyd Caroli
ISBN: 0199750637
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Ebook Central University Press
First Ladies National Historic Site (Braille edition) by U.S. National Parks Service
Call Number: I 29.155:F 51
Publication Date: 2010
Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy
Call Number: E887.C55 S47 1999b
ISBN: 9780375503443
Publication Date: 1999-11-30
Mrs. Lincoln by Catherine Clinton
Call Number: E457.25.L55 C55 2009
ISBN: 9780060760403
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
The Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents by Daniel C. Diller; Deborah Kalb; Stephen L. Robertson
Call Number: E176.1 .K28 2009
ISBN: 9781604266771
Publication Date: 2009-01-01