![]() ![]() The reader was left wondering just what the subject was. ![]() At times it seemed she was lost in the history and had to bring herself back to the task of writing about Martha, Abigail and Dolly. And the author is repetitive in descriptions and historical facts. The book reads like a history textbook a lot of the time. So, for these first three First Ladies to define the office was no small task. One would have thought that most colonists wanted nothing to do with the lifestyle of the European monarchs. They were inventing the office as they lived it. They each walked a fine line between what they knew of the regal queens of Europe, especially Great Britain and what they knew the colonists wanted in their leaders. Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolly Madison each left their mark on the office of the First Lady. Abrams is an in-depth look at the first three First Ladies. First Ladies of the Republic by Jeanne E. ![]()
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