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The following is a list of works about the spouses of presidents of the United States. While this list is mainly about presidential spouses, administrations with a bachelor or widowed president have a section on the individual (usually a family member) that filled the role of First Lady. The list includes books and journal articles written in English after c. 1900 as well as primary sources written by the individual themselves. The books included here were selected because they were either published by an academic press or major nationally known publisher or were reviewed in mainstream academic journals. These works are generally intended for an adult audience; works specifically intended for a youth or children are not included. Several presidents were unmarried for all or part of their administration. Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Chester A. Arthur, and Martin Van Buren were widowed prior to becoming president and remained unmarried during their administration; in these cases, family members acted in the place of First Lady and White House host. John Tyler, Benjamin Harrison, and Woodrow Wilson's wives died while they were in office. Tyler and Wilson both quickly remarried during their presidency. James Buchanan was a life long bachelor and never married. Grover Cleveland entered the White House as a bachelor, but married while in office. Because this list also serves as a bibliography of first ladies, in these cases, when someone regularly filled the role of White House hostess and informal first lady while the president was unmarried, an entry is provided. General works Books Abrams, J. E. (2018). First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the Creation of an Iconic American Role. New York: NYU Press. Anthony, C. S. (1991). First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents' Wives and Their Power (2 vols.). New York: William Morrow and Co. Beasley, M. H. (2005). First ladies and the Press: The Unfinished Partnership for the Media Age. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. Black, A. M. (2019). The First Ladies of the United States of America. Washington D.C.: White House Historical Association. Brower, K. A. (2015). The Residence: Inside the Private World of The White House. New York: HarperCollins. ——. (2017). First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies. New York: HarperCollins. Burns, L. M. (2008). First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives. DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press. Caroli, B. (2010). First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. New York: Oxford University Press. Gullan, H. I. (2001). Faith of our Mothers: The Stories of Presidential Mothers from Mary Washington to Barbara Bush. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans. Hendricks, N. (2015). America's First Ladies: A Historical Encyclopedia and Primary Document Collection. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. Marton, K. (2001). Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History. New York: Pantheon. Schwartz, M. J. (2017). Ties That Bound: Founding First Ladies and Slaves. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Sibley, K. A. S. (2016). A Companion to First Ladies, (Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History). Chichester, MA: Wiley Blackwell. Swain, S. (2016). First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women. New York: PublicAffairs. Truman, M. (1999). First Ladies. New York: Random House. Watson, R. P. (2004). Life in the White House: A Social History of the First Family and the President's House. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Wead, D. (2004). All The Presidents' Children: Triumph And Tragedy In The Lives Of America's First Families. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Journal articles Black, A. (2001). The Modern First Lady and Public Policy: From Edith Wilson through Hillary Rodham Clinton. OAH Magazine of History, 15(3), pp. 15–20. O'Connor, K., Nye, B., & Van Assendelft, L. (1996). Wives in the White House: The Political Influence of First Ladies. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 26(3), pp. 835–853. Parry-Giles, S., & Blair, D. (2002). The Rise of the Rhetorical First Lady: Politics, Gender Ideology, and Women's Voice, 1789-2002. Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 5(4), pp. 565-599. Sheeler, K. H. (2013). Remembering the Rhetorical First Lady. Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 16(4), pp. 767–782. Watson, R. (1997). The First Lady Reconsidered: Presidential Partner and Political Institution. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 27(4), pp. 805–818. Watson, R. (2001). The "White Glove Pulpit": A History of Policy Influence by First Ladies. OAH Magazine of History, 15(3), pp. 9–14. Watson, R. (2003). "Source Material": Toward the Study of the First Lady: The State of Scholarship. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 33(2), pp. 423–441. Specific works Martha Washington Martha Washington, née Dandridge; (born June 2, 1731 – died May 22, 1802); (in position April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797); The wife of George Washington. Books Berkin, C. (2009). Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence. New York: Vintage Books. Brady, P. (2014). Martha Washington: An American Life. New York: Penguin Books. Bryan, H. (2002). Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty. New York: Wiley. Chadwick, B. (2007). The General & Mrs. Washington: The Untold Story of a Marriage and a Revolution. Naperville, Ill: Sourcebooks. Fraser, F. (2015). The Washingtons: George and Martha. "Join'd by Friendship, Crown'd by Love". New York: Knopf. Norton, M. B. (1980). Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750–1800. Glenview: Scott, Foresman & Co. Biographies of George Washington with significant information about Martha Washington Chernow, R. (2010). Washington: A life. New York: Penguin Press. Flexner, J. T. (1965). George Washington (4 vols.). Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Journal articles Watson, R. (2000). Remembering Martha. OAH Magazine of History, 14(2), pp. 54–56. Primary sources Fields, J. E. (1994). Worthy Partner: The Papers of Martha Washington. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Martha Washington letters. Collaborative project of George Washington's Mount Vernon and the Center for History and New Media. Washington, G. (1997). George Washington: Writings (Library of America Founders Collection) (J. H. Rhodehamel, Ed.).. New York: Penguin Random House. Abigail Adams Abigail Adams, née Smith; (born November 22, 1744 – died October 28, 1818); (in position March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801); The wife of John Adams. The mother of John Quincy Adams and grandmother of Charles Francis Adams Sr. Books Akers, C. W. (2007). Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman (3rd edition). New York: Pearson Longman. Barker-Benfield, G.J. (2010). Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Ellis, Joseph J. (2010). First Family: Abigail and John Adams. New York: Alfred A. Kno.... Discover the Sam Sifton Sarah Rutherford popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Sam Sifton Sarah Rutherford books.