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Chronicles the life of Jill Biden, the First Lady of the United States, and details her early life, career as a professor, and advocacy for cancer research, military families, and access to quality education for all Americans. Includes color photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and additional resources.
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Contains simple text and photographs chronicling the life of Martha Washington. Discusses her first marriage and children, her marriage to George Washington, and her role as the country's First Lady. Includes a timeline, glossary, and sources of additional information.
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"The New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Jennifer Chiaverini, reveals the famous First Lady's very public social and political contest with Kate Chase Sprague, memorialized as "one of the most remarkable women ever known to Washington society." (Providence Journal) Kate Chase Sprague was born in 1840 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second daughter to the second wife of a devout but ambitious lawyer. Her father, Salmon P. Chase,...