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Moms in chief : the rhetoric of Republican motherhood and the spouses of presidential nominees, 1992- 2016 / Tammy R. Vigil.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vigil, Tammy, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Presidential candidates' spouses--United States.
Presidential candidates' spouses.
Political campaigns--United States--History.
Political campaigns.
Motherhood--Political aspects.
Motherhood.
Rhetoric--Political aspects.
History.
United States.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History.
Rhetoric.
Motherhood--Political aspects--United States.
Women--Political activity--United States.
Women.
Women--Political activity.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
pages cm
Place of Publication:
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Contents:
Introduction: political spouses and presidential campaigns
Women as citizens: the emergence and entrenchment of Republican motherhood
Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton: the Year of the Woman
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Elizabeth Dole: dutiful (and accomplished) wives
Tipper Gore and Laura Bush: quintessential Republican mothers
Laura Bush and Teresa Heinz Kerry: the all-American wife and the assertive heiress
Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama: revering wifedom and motherhood
Michelle Obama and Ann Romney: battling for mom in chief
Bill Clinton and Melania Trump: the former president and the model immigrant
Conclusion: reifying Republican motherhood.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780700627486
0700627480
OCLC:
1057242656

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