Product Description: Completely updated through the inauguration in January 2009, First Ladies, Third Edition covers all the women who have held this esteemed "office" since the founding of the United States. Featuring a new profile of current first lady Michelle Obama, this revised edition includes updates and additions to the profiles of Laura Bush, Nancy Reagan, Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, and Hillary Rodham Clinton...read more

Covers slave ships and auctions, the 'triangle trade,' plantation life, insurrections, events leading up to the Civil War and emancipation, reactions to slavery, and profiles of slaves and abolitionists.

Fascinating and informative titles provide readers with in-depth biographical sketches of America's greatest political figures, their rise to power, and their unique contributions to American history.

Firsthand accounts and brief biographies describe how Americans were affected by the events surrounding World War II.

Firsthand accounts and brief biographies describe how Americans were affected by the events surrounding World War II.

Covers slave ships and auctions, the 'triangle trade,' plantation life, insurrections, events leading up to the Civil War and emancipation, reactions to slavery, and profiles of slaves and abolitionists. (view table of contents)

Covers slave ships and auctions, the 'triangle trade,' plantation life, insurrections, events leading up to the Civil War and emancipation, reactions to slavery, and profiles of slaves and abolitionists. (view table of contents)

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Explores the changing role of women in American society in the early years of the twentieth century

Covers the employment of women, including individuals, laws, court cases, specific occupations, and other subjects

Interviews with more than three hundred servicewomen document their feelings and concerns about their careers, sexual harassment, family life, and women in combat