“The one thing I do not want,” quipped Jacqueline Kennedy, “is to be called First Lady.
It sounds like a saddle horse.” This lively collection includes more than 350 revealing and
thought-provoking remarks by White House wives, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama's
"The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them."
Wit & Wisdom of America’s First Ladies: A Book of Quotations
includes humorous and heartfelt reflections such as Abigail Adams’s
thoughts on partnership; Dolley Madison’s attitude toward gossip;
and Eleanor Roosevelt’s comment on accountability.
(over 350 quotes!)
You can see the types of things that occupied the First Lady's minds during their time in the White House.
War, poverty, assassination, illiteracy, and the environment are just a
few of the topics that show up in this book. Take a trip inside the White House, without leaving your own.
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The first ladies in their own words
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