Faith of Our Mothers: The Stories of Presidential Mothers from Mary Washington to Barbara BushA collection of essays in which the author examines what is known about the mothers of the forty-three American presidents, from Mary Washington to Barbara Bush, and discusses their nearly unanimous common qualities of faith--both in their sons and in God. |
Contents
The Perplexing Mary Ball Washington | 1 |
The Missing Mothers of Virginia | 15 |
Players in the Great Theatre of Life | 28 |
Immigrants and Pioneers | 52 |
Mothers of the Antebellum Presidents | 74 |
All That I Am I Get from My Angel Mother | 85 |
Scarcity and Silence | 98 |
PreWar Mothers PostWar Sons | 111 |
Smothering Mothering | 191 |
From the Heart of America | 206 |
Maternal Ambition | 232 |
My Mother Was a Saint | 274 |
Overcoming the Odds | 301 |
Continuity and Change | 341 |
The Better Angels of Their Nature | 366 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 370 |
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