Martha Washington and the creation of the role of First Lady / Patricia Brady -- Political parties : first ladies and social events in the formation of the Federal government / Catherine Allgor -- Betty Ford transforms the role of First Lady / Mary Linehan -- True women : the roles and lives of antebellum presidential wives, Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, Abigail Fillmore, and Jane Pierce / Elizabeth Lorelei Thacker-Estrada -- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson / James S. McCallops -- Bess W. Truman / Raymond Frey -- Eleanor Roosevelt / Susan Roth Breitzer -- Policy experts : congressional testimony and influence of first ladies / Colton C. Campbell and Sean E. McCluskie -- First ladies and U.S. foreign policy / Glenn Hastedt -- The evolution of the role and office of the First Lady / Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Kristen Paynter -- First ladies and policy making / Kay M. Knickrehm and Robin Teske -- Copresident or codependent? : the rise and rejection of presidential couples since World World II / Gil Troy -- Hillary's choices : the first ladyship of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the future of the office / Myra G. Gutin -- Sharing the bully pulpit : breast cancer and First Lady Betty Ford's leadership / Mary Anne Borrelli