Secret Lives of the First Ladies

What Your Teachers Never Told you About the Women of The White House

By: Cormac O'Brien

Narrated by: Teresa DeBerry

Scandals, Seduction, Addiction, Adultery, Horrific Fashions...And the White House?!

Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the First Ladies features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the women of the White House - complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that:

• Dolley Madison loved to chew tobacco
• Mary Todd Lincoln conducted séances on a regular basis
• Eleanor Roosevelt and Ellen Wilson both carried guns.
• Jacqueline Kennedy spent $121,000 on her wardrobe in a single year
• Betty Ford liked to chat on CB radios - her handle was “First Mama”
• Hillary Clinton dreamed of being an astronaut
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With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school!

©2009 Cormac O'Brien (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Human Interest Stories are the BEST!

An interesting walk down memory lane - one OUTSIDE a textbook that would hold you responsible for remembering all the dates!

Enjoyable

It's true that this book mixes rumors and facts, but that does not detract from the enjoyment of listening to it. Also, it shines a light on the vast influence these powerful women had on our nation--a subject all but ignored in our traditional K-12 education.

Review

I enjoyed this book very much… if you like a kind of gossiping book one for you

Very partisan

Would you try another book from Cormac O'Brien and/or Teresa DeBerry?

It is pretty obvious that the writer was a Democrat. I feel Republican first ladies were unfairly reviewed, and Democrat First Ladies were glowingly described. If you are a Democrat you will love this book.

the little antidotes about the families through The years .

the facts that you wrote about the families and the women wish there'd been more facts written but it was a good story about each and individual that was written. I probably will listen to it another time but it made a good audible while I was driving and doing housework I thoroughly enjoyed it. also recommended it to several people to read thank you for doing it 🙏