Women of the White House: the Illustrated Story of the First Ladies of the United States of America, by Amy Russo is a well done collection of mini-biographies. Not all the first ladies wanted to be there, several let daughters plan and hostess all the proper social events. In one case, for the bachelor president, it was a niece. One did pretty much nothing, others a bit more ... and one did a lot ... Eleanor Roosevelt! (I felt rather sorry for the First Lady who had to follow her). A most interesting read.

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