Laura Bush
Laura Bush

Author: Robert P. Watson

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781560729204

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In this book version of the official report presented to First Lady Laura Bush, the reader will find the same contents that were included in the actual report. This report marks the first-ever time that such an undertaking was performed for the nation's first lady. The report -- designed as a service to assist Mrs Bush in meeting the demands of her new role -- contains advice for the first lady and her senior staff as well as information on the history, challenges, and duties associated with the Office of the First Lady. The contributors include the former first ladies, public officials, and leading historians of the first ladyship. The Office of the First Lady is arguably the most intriguing and demanding 'unpaid job' in the country. The president's wife is in the unique position to wield significant power and influence as she presides over White House social affairs and important social projects, while serving as the president's most trusted confidante and one of the country's most celebrated women.

White House Studies Compendium
White House Studies Compendium

Author: Robert W. Watson

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 9781600215216

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" ... brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency - dealing with both current issues and historical events. The compendia consists of the combined and rearranged issues of [the journal] "White House Studies" with the addition of a comprehensive subject index."--Preface.

Aristocrats of Color
Aristocrats of Color

Author: Willard B. Gatewood

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2000-05-01

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1557285934

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Every American city had a small, self-aware, and active black elite, who felt it was their duty to set the standard for the less fortunate members of their race and to lead their communities by example. Professor Gatewood's study examines this class of African Americans by looking at the genealogies and occupations of specific families and individuals throughout the United States and their roles in their various communities. --from publisher description.

First Ladies
First Ladies

Author: Dorothy Schneider

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 143810815X

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Presents a collection of chronologically arranged entries of America's first ladies, from Martha Washington, to Laura Bush, and includes brief biographical information, as well as explaining their roles and responsibilities in the White House.

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service

Author: Cindy Sondik Aron

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1987-04-09

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0195364317

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Drawing from workers' applications, testimonies, and other primary documents, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Civil Service recreates the white-collar world of middle-class workers from the Civil War to 1900. It reveals how men who worked in federal agencies moved from being self-employed to salaried workers, in the process placing at risk the independence that lay at the core of middle-class male values; while women assumed the kind of independence that threatened their positions as delicate, middle-class ladies deserving the protection and care of men. Introducing a cast of characters who worked as federal clerks in Washington, Arons examines the nature of being a civil servant--from the hiring, firing, and promotion procedures, the motivations for joining the federal workforce, and the impact of feminization on the workplace to the interpersonal aspects of office life such as attitude towards sex, manners, and money-lending--and provides an imaginative look at what it meant to be among the ladies and gentlemen who formed part of the first white-collar bureaucracy in the United States.