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Bezig met laden... Washington wife; journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919door Ellen Maury Slayden
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 1403 Washington Wife: Journal of Ellen Maury Slayden from 1897-1919 (read 21 Aug 1976) This is a year-by year account of the life of Ellen Slayden in Washington from 1897 to 1919. James L. Slayden was born June 1, 1853, and began his service in Congress from the San Antonio, Texas, district on Mar 4, 1897. He served 11 consecutive terms before he withdrew in his race for renomination in July 1918 because of a telegram by Woodrow Wilson. Mrs. Slayden did not like Wilson and presents him in a bad light--so bad I almost think she was right. This was usually an interesting book, though I would have preferred less of social history and more of political history. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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This unique account, written by the wife of a Congressman from Texas and just brought to light, is a tart, lively, and enormously diverting firsthand report about people and events in a fascinating period of American history. In 1897 Ellen Maury Slayden accompanied her newly elected Congressman husband to Washington. James Luther Slayden served as a member of the House of Representatives for the next twenty-two years. His wife, an inveterate diarist, a discerning and socially aware woman, made a record of the social, political, and historical events of her time. Beginning with the drafty, inept receptions of the McKinleys, she has re-created official White House entertaining under four Presidents, as well as lavish embassy parties, salon soirees, and intimate dinners with Congressional friends and many famous people outside political circles. But Ellen Slayden's interests were not limited to the social scene. She was involved in the woman's suffrage movement, and both she and her husband gave much of their lives to the cause of international peace. There also were trips back to Texas every year, sometimes for campaigning, which afford a rich lore of Texas humor. Mrs. Slayden writes movingly about a Confederate reunion, waspishly about Woodrow Wilson's pedagogical approach to the Presidency, and disparagingly about Prohibition. She re-creates political conventions, dramatic sessions of Congress, and the climate of Washington during wars and threats of war. In his introduction, Walter Prescott Webb, the distinguished historian, says: "Washington Wife is among the best contemporaneous records of the period between the Spanish-American War-which announced that the United States was a world power-and World War I, which defined the duties and fixed the cost of holding first place." Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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