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Lady FirstAmy S. Greenberg

Lady First

Amy S. Greenberg
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While the Woman's Rights convention was taking place at Seneca Falls in 1848, First Lady Sarah Childress Polk was wielding influence unprecedented for a woman in Washington, D.C. Yet, while history remembers the women of the convention, it has all but forgotten Sarah Polk. Now, in her riveting biography, Amy S. Greenberg brings Sarah's story into vivid focus. We see Sarah as the daughter of a frontiersman who raised her to discuss politics and business with men; we see the savvy and charm she brandished in order to help her brilliant but unlikeable husband, James K. Polk, ascend to the White…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2020
    Vintage · 432 pages · 9780804173445
  • Hardcover · English · 2019
    Knopf · 400 pages · 9780385354134
  • Audiobook · English · 2019
    Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pages · 9781664474765
  • Other · English · 2019
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780385354141
Presidents' spouses, united statesPolk, james k. (james knox), 1795-1849New York Times reviewedPresidents' spousesBiographyGovernors' spousesPolitics and governmentBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women