Washington's Iron Butterfly Bess Clements Abell, an oral history /

"Had Elizabeth "Bess" Clements Abell (1933-2020) been a boy, she would likely have become a politician like her father, Earle C. Clements. Effectively barred from office because of her gender, she forged her own path by helping family friends Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. Abell's...

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Autres auteurs: Ritchie, Donald A., 1945- (Éditeur intellectuel), Birdwhistell, Terry L. (Éditeur intellectuel), Smith, Richard Norton, 1953- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2022]
Collection:Kentucky remembered.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2760297
Table des matières:
  • Cover
  • Praise
  • Halftitle page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Governor's Daughter
  • 2 The Johnson Orbit
  • 3 A Part-Time Job
  • 4 White House Social Secretary
  • 5 White House Impresario
  • 6 The Lady Bird Special
  • 7 White House Weddings
  • 8 In Time of War and Protest
  • 9 Part of the Family
  • 10 Joan of Art
  • 11 Life after the White House
  • Epilogue
  • The Interviewees
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index