Complete with biographies of every first lady, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles rough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why did Eleanor Roosevelt serve hot dogs to the Kings and Queens of England? American history was never this much fun!
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Background Information
Dolley Madison was a young widow when she married James Madison. She is best remembered for saving important items from the White House before the British burned it. Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of Abraham Lincoln and lived a controversial life both before and after his death. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt, became the first First Lady to establish her importance beyond her role as the president's wife.