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| The Administration of President Hayes | Burgess, John | 1916 | New York: Charles Scribner's Sons | |
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| The Age of Innocence in the White House | | 1927 | Literary Digest 4 February | Interview with Rutherford Platt Hayes. |
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| American First Ladies | Watson, Robert P., ed. | 2006 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | |
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| American National Biography | Carnes, Mark C., and John A. Garraty, eds. | 1999 | New York: Oxford University Press | The American National Biography was originally published in 24 volumes. It is updated semi-annually. The print edition contains biographies of Americans who died before 1955. The on-line, subscription version contains those who died after 1955. |
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| America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 2000 | New York: Touchstone | |
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| America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their Honor | Wadley, Carma | 2007 | Deseret Morning News 19 February 2007 | Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
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| Autographs--A Testimonial to a First Lady | Marchman, Watt P | 1952 | Autograph Collectors’ Journal Winter | |
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| The Biography Channel Website: Lucy Hayes
| | | : Biography | A page of the Biography Channel website providing a bit of information regarding Lucy Hayes. The web page can be found here: http://www.biography.com/people/lucy-hayes-41026
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| Brown. The Garfield Orbit | Leech, Margaret, and Harry J | 1978 | New York: Harper and Row | |
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| Celebrating Women: History, Biographies, and Museums | Byerly, Greg, and Carolyn Brodie | 2005 | Library Media Activities Monthly April 2005 | Reviews of websites containing information about the First Ladies, including the National First Ladies Library. |
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| Children In the White House | Sadler, Christine | 1967 | New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons | |
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| Christmas at Spiegel Grove | | 1993 | Lady's Gallery | |
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| Congress Clears Dollar Coin Bill | Higa, Liriel | 2005 | CQ Weekly 26 December 2005 | House of Representatives passes bill which would allow the Treasury to mint $10 coins with images of First Ladies. |
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| Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House | Young, Dwight, and Margaret Johnson, eds. | 2008 | Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society | Reproductions of letters from the Library of Congress and the National Archives to and from First Ladies, with annotations explaining the nature of the correspondence and the historical contexts within which each epistle was written.
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| Dictionary of American Biography | | 1980 | New York: Scribner | The venerable Dictionary of American Biography was first published in twenty volumes between 1927 and 1936. Ten subsequent volumes were published, and the most recent, edited by historian Kenneth Jackson and published by Scribner, includes Americans who died before the year 1980. The First Ladies are included. |
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| A Diplomat’s Wife in Washington | De Hegerman-Lindencrone, Madame | 1913 | Harper’s Magazine December | |
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| The Encyclopedia Britannica Website: Lucy Hayes
| | | : Encyclopedia Britannica | An entry on the Encyclopedia Britannica website that provides a short biographical sketch of Lucy Hayes and external links for further information. The entry can be found here: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/710792/Lucy-Hayes
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| Faith of the First Ladies | MacGregor, Jerry and Marie Prys | 2006 | Grand Rapids: Baker Books | |
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| First First Ladies, 1789-1865: A Study of the Wives of the Early Presidents | Whitton, Mary Ormsbee | 1948 | New York: Hastings House | Ormsbee was not a historian, but this is an example of very early analyses of First Ladies. |
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| First Ladies | Schneider, Dorothy, and Carl J. Schneider | 2010 | New York: Facts On File | Updated edition. |
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| The First Ladies | Klapthor, Margaret Brown | 1989 | Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association | For readers grades 6 and above. |
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| First Ladies | Prindiville, Kathleen | 1955 | New York: Macmillan | |
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| The First Ladies | Barzman, Sol | 1970 | New York: Cowles | |
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| First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Barbara Bush | DeCesare, Linda | 1990 | New York: Random House | |
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| First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama | Caroli, Betty Boyd | 2009 | New York: Oxford University Press | Updated, fourth edition of Caroli's classic analysis of the successes, failings, and personalities of the 41 women who served as first ladies. |
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| The First Ladies: Martha Washington to Hillary Clinton | Seward, James, and Lynda DeCesare | 1992 | Baltimore: Ottenheimer Publications | |
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| First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents’ Wives and Their Power, 1789-1961, Vol. 1 | Anthony, Carl Sferrazza | 1990 | New York: Morrow | |
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| First Ladies: Women Who Called the White House Home | Gormley, Beatrice | 1997 | New York: Scholastic | For readers grades 4-6. |
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| First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary | Schneider, Dorothy, and Carl J. Schneider | 2001 | New York: Checkmark Books | |
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| First Ladies: A Profile of America's First Ladies; Michelle Obama to Martha Washington | Vander Pol, Stacie, ed. | 2009 | Seattle, WA: Pacific Publishing Studio | Profiles of each First Lady; themes include sacrifices made and benefits gained. |
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