Rebecca Boggs Roberts
Autore di Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
Opere di Rebecca Boggs Roberts
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1970
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 95
- Popolarità
- #197,646
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 7
But I didn't find the argument—admittedly made more forcefully in the marketing materials than in the book itself—that Wilson was the "first woman president" of the U.S. or an "unelected president" to be compelling. It's both hyperbolic and fairly unsophisticated in how it frames soft/behind the scenes power. I found myself wishing that Boggs Roberts was more familiar with work on medieval/early modern queenship; I think it would have strengthened her analysis of Wilson's roles.… (altro)