Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier
Barbara Perry examines Jacqueline Kennedy’s tenure as first lady. The author recounts the transformative effect Mrs. Ken…
A short portion of a program of Barbara Perry talking about her book Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier, from the Modern Fir… read more
A short portion of a program of Barbara Perry talking about her book Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier, from the Modern First Ladies Series of the University Press of Kansas, was shown as part of a promotion to watch programs on BookTV.org. She spoke in Ketcham Hall of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Building in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2011, as part of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society’s noon Women’s History Month Book Signing Series.
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