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Dolley Madison : the problem of national unity / Catherine Allgor.
- Title
- Dolley Madison : the problem of national unity / Catherine Allgor.
- Author
- Allgor, Catherine, 1958-
- Publication
- Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, [2013], ©2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E342.1.M2 A44 2013 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 175 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- This book examines the life of Dolley Madison when she was the First Lady of the United States. It discusses how she helped to promote national unity, modeled a political behavior that stressed civility and empathy, and set an example for future presidential wives to follow.
- Series Statement
- Lives of American women
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A triumphal finish: the Madisons leave Washington -- A perfect match: Dolley and James Madison -- "More agreeable hours": the Secretary of State years -- The merry affair: diplomatic disunity -- "A perfect palace": Dolley creates "the White House" -- "A place to see and be seen": the uses of the drawing room -- The "Queen of Hearts": Dolley's public persona -- "Mrs. Madison's War": Dolley's role in the War of 1812 -- Washington divided: Dolley's work for unity under fire -- "A more perfect union": the Madison legacy.
- ISBN
- 9780813347592 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0813347599 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780813347608 (e-book)
- 0813347602 (e-book)
- LCCN
- ^^2012012172
- OCLC
- 784447533
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library