Celebrating the Strength and Leadership of America's Modern First Ladies: A Look at the Impact of the First Women

Karen Booth: Very interesting to read. I love this book!

United States on Aug 30, 2023

Fred E. Wagar: A nice read. Very informative read without hyperbole. It's good to read, primarily fact based non-partisan view of our former first ladies.

United States on Jul 22, 2023

Heather M.: I read Kate Andersen Brower's other book, The Residence, and really enjoyed it. When I finished that, I was looking for another read. I found First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies, and it looked interesting. I think Brower is a very good author, and I enjoy her writing. I became more interested in the lives of first ladies after reading The Residence. I sent a copy of The Residence to my daughter, and will pass my copy on to a friend. I am just getting started reading First Women, and hope First Women is as good as The Residence. So far it is very enjoyable.

United States on May 05, 2023

Christopher Rebandel: Well written and interesting , gives a fascinating insight into the lives of these woman who form an exclusive club .

United Kingdom on Apr 01, 2021

Caroline: Super livre qui va m'aider dans mes études. Très bien écrit et agréable au toucher. On apprend plein de choses

France on Jun 10, 2018

Sarah A.: The title of the book and the summary encouraged me to get this book. I did go through the reviews and founda variety of completely opposite opinions. Hence I chose to build my own by getting the book. At page 87 I couldnt go any further. As much as I tried to find a structure in the narration, I was unable to get to one. The events are not acording to any dates, all events are mixed up, there is a lot of jumps between one and the other ladies. This was argued to be reasonable as they are intertwined. Given the extensive lack of structure I was unable to verify my own hypothesis as it seems like a mash-up of letters without the letters being, as said, put in order of any events happening. One page it may be abut the death of Kennedy, then it goes on about some completely other narrative and 10 pages later goes back to it. Very odd and a shame, really. This could have been great if only any type of structure were put into it.

Germany on Apr 10, 2017

marilyn saracini: it was one of the most enjoyable books that i have read. it told me a lot about the things that go on that the public does not know.

Canada on Feb 16, 2017

Peggy A. Corino: The book covered ten first ladies from Kennedy to Obama and how their rare membership to the elite club of First Ladies has forged friendships that bypassed any political standings. I enjoyed reading excerpts from various letters or statements made between the first women in the transition of outgoing to incoming Presidents and the support system given throughout each other's time in the office as well as after their time in the office. I enjoyed the book until the final chapters which is really bad because I truly enjoyed the relationships between the ladies without the feeling of the author gossiping about anyone. I just wished they would have edited the book better in the end and compiled the stories in a better format.

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United States on Oct 31, 2016

Fastidious Kindle Addict: A very entertaining book. All the first ladies were so different. Some enjoyed the luxuries of office and some found it claustrophobic. Though theý felt obliged to take up "causes" hardly any of them left a lasting impact. So much could have been done in their positions.

India on Sep 19, 2016

Stella Carrier: I admit that this kindlebook of First Women; The Grace and Power of America’s First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower caught my attention after I had seen it available on Amazon and referenced (tweeted about) on Twitter. The positive is that this book covers much detail that could go in a future documentary such as: some of the first ladies that got along well with each other, Rosalynn Carter was initially shocked that first families have to pay for their own food, even the White House chefs were not always immune to the changes in leadership etc. Last, but not least, the mention of the infamous Monica Lewinsky scandal that put Hillary Clinton through a lot yet eventually brought her and Bill Clinton closer in their marriage. However, even as a Hillary Clinton supporter (for Hillary Clinton to be elected President in November 2016), I must refrain from saying too much more except to say that the whole situation was also complicated by Linda Tripp wiretapping what Lewinsky said without her consent and knowledge of doing so (theguardiandotcom article titled Monica Lewinsky’s Revenge by Julian Borger dated December 16, 1999).

United States on Apr 24, 2016