American First Ladies is a response to the increasingly visible rolethat First Ladies have played in U.S. government as well as theincreasing interest in women's achievements from the birth of the UnitedStates to the present time. The book is designed to meet the needs ofcollege and high school students and those seeking information aboutboth U.S. history and women's history. Designed as a companion toSalem's American Presidents, Second Revised Edition (2 vols., 2006), American First Ladies presents a biographical essay on each of theFirst Ladies in U.S. history