SuitabookWhat's it like to be the First Lady?
Kathleen Connors
- Reading
- Use the timeline and fact boxes to browse examples of First Ladies. The glossary and index can help clarify or revisit unfamiliar terms and names.
- Themes
- What the First Lady’s role involves: The book introduces jobs taken on by First Ladies and says the role has no official duties, need not belong to the president’s wife, and has been shaped by precedent and personality. The role is presented as varied and shaped over time, rather than as a formally defined set of duties.
- Worth knowing
- The overview signals a broad historical introduction, not a detailed account of every First Lady. How much space individual women or their work receive remains unclear.