Rachel Donelson Jackson
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7018-8 (ISBN)
Rachel Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, never wanted to be First Lady and tried to dissuade her husband from his political ambitions. Yet she publicly supported his political advancement and was the first wife of a presidential candidate to take to the campaign trail. Privy to his political decisions, she offered valued counsel, and Jackson sometimes regretted not taking her advice. Denied a traditional education by her father, Rachel's innate business savvy made the Jacksons' Tennessee plantation and businesses profitable during her husband's continual absences.
This biography chronicles the life of a First Lady who rebelled against 19th-century constraints on women, overcame personal tragedies to become an inspirational figure of persistence and strength, and found herself at the center of one of the vilest presidential smear campaigns in history.
Betty Boles Ellison, a former journalist and noted historian, is a nationally recognized historical researcher as well as an established author. She prepared the script for the prize-winning documentary, Dreamers and Doers: Voices of Kentucky Woman. An avid and longtime historic preservationist, she is a board member of Friends of Kentucky Libraries, which provides support for the commonwealth’s public libraries.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. The Many Faces of Rachel Jackson
2. The Early Days
3. The Adventure
4. A New Home
5. World Turned Upside Down
6. A Dangerous Choice
7. Landed Gentry
8. The Hermitage Begins and Children Cometh
9. Drum Tap at the Post
10. New Orleans
11. Florida in Her Future
12. Rachel Goes to Washington
13. The 1828 Campaign Begins
14. Political Briars
15. Rachel Becomes a Political Battering Ram
16. Rachel Survived and Departed
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 38 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 399 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-7018-8 / 1476670188 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-7018-8 / 9781476670188 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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