Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady

Author:   Mary C. Brennan
Publisher:   University Press of Kansas
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9780700636051


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   31 August 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Mary C. Brennan
Publisher:   University Press of Kansas
Imprint:   University Press of Kansas
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780700636051


ISBN 10:   0700636056
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   31 August 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Lessons Learned 2. The Pat and Dick Team 3. In and Out of Politics 4. Becoming First Lady 5. The Embattled First Lady 6. Peace, at Last Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

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"This engaging and eye-opening biography digs beneath popular characterizations of Patricia Ryan Nixon as a victim and martyr and assesses this reluctant first lady on her own terms."" - Susan M. Hartmann, author of From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960""An insightful look at the compromises made by a classic ‘good wife’ whose life took her down the roads her husband wanted to travel, and a few he didn’t."" - Jo Freeman, author of We Will Be Heard: Women’s Struggles for Political Power in the U.S. ""A richly-textured portrait of an often misunderstood first lady."" - Gil Troy, author of Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons"


This engaging and eye-opening biography digs beneath popular characterizations of Patricia Ryan Nixon as a victim and martyr and assesses this reluctant first lady on her own terms."" - Susan M. Hartmann, author of From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960""An insightful look at the compromises made by a classic ‘good wife’ whose life took her down the roads her husband wanted to travel, and a few he didn’t."" - Jo Freeman, author of We Will Be Heard: Women’s Struggles for Political Power in the U.S. ""A richly-textured portrait of an often misunderstood first lady."" - Gil Troy, author of Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons


Author Information

Mary Brennan is professor of history at Texas State University at San Marcos and author of Turning Right in the Sixties: The Conservative Capture of the GOP and Wives, Mothers, and the Red Menace: Conservative Women and the Crusade against Communism.

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