Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era - Softcover

Anthony, Carl Sferrazza

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Paperback. Pub the Date: February. 2006 Pages: 560 in Publisher by: HarperCollins Publishers the On the a morning of William Howard Taft's inauguration. Nellie Taft publicly expressed that theirs would be a joint presidency by shattering precedent and demanding that she ride alongside her husband down Pennsylvania Avenue . a tradition previously held for the outgoing president. In an era before Eleanor Roosevelt. this progressive First Lady was an advocate for higher education and partial suffrage for women. and initiated legislation to improve working conditions for federal employees. She smoked. drank. and gambled without regard to societal judgment. and she freely oke racial and class boundaries.Drawing from previously unpublished diaries. a lifetime of love letters between Will and Nellie. and detailed family correspondence and recollections. critically acclaimed preside...

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"A titillating-and unquestioningly entertaining-look at an early 20th century political marriage devoid of a mundane moment." -- Time on Florence Harding

"[A] riveting, novelistic bio." -- Entertainment Weekly on Florence Harding

"A pleasing biography. . . . Anthony paints a vivid portrait."--Kirkus Reviews

"Staggeringly well researched, richly sympathetic, and teeming with human interest."--Kirkus Reviews on First Ladies

"Nellie Taft cut a bold swath through the remnants of Victorian sensibility."--Dayton Daily News

"Biographer gives credit to lesser-known first lady, Nellie Taft."--Columbus Dispatch

"A much needed examination of the ways presidential wives influenced husbands, domestic politics, and foreign policy."--San Francisco Chronicle on First Ladies

"A titillating--and unquestioningly entertaining--look at an early 20th century political marriage devoid of a mundane moment."--Time on Florence Harding

"Florence Harding's story is absorbing, poignant and dramatic."--Washington Post Book World on Florence Harding

"[A] riveting, novelistic bio."--Entertainment Weekly on Florence Harding

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony, the author of nine books, is considered the nation's expert on the subject of presidential wives and families. He has written extensively for publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, American Heritage, Smithsonian, and Town & Country, and also writes screenplays. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

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