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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2022]
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| Serie: | Kentucky remembered.
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2760297 |
Sommario:
- 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