First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies (45 page)

         
         
and East Wing staff, 224

         
East Wing used as office by, 224

         
Eleanor Roosevelt’s influence on, 224

         
friendship of Luci Baines Johnson and, 43

         
friendship with Betty Ford, 43

         
human rights trip to Latin America of, 226, 228–30

         
during Iran hostage crisis, 231

         
joint
Good Housekeeping
interview with Lady Bird and Betty Ford, 113, 254

         
lack of interest in arts, 2

         
left off guest list for mental health summit, 54

         
life in Governor’s Mansion, 125

         
meets and marries Jimmy Carter, 220–21

         
mental health interest of, 230–31

         
as navy wife, 221

         
on parenting in White House, 124–28

         
political advice to husband given by, 14–15

         
precautions against assassination in Venice and, 309

         
in return to Plains, 222

         
on role of first ladies, 7, 9

         
Sadat’s funeral attended by, 260

         
Sadats invited to Camp David by, 227

         
“steel magnolia” press nickname of, 226

         
strained relationship with Clintons, 261–63

         
sympathy with Lady Bird as campaigner, 152

         
on tension with Nancy Reagan, 258–59

         
and White House tour with Betty Ford, 255–56

     
Carter, Ruth, 220

     
Carter Center, 15, 43, 326

     
Casals, Pablo, 249

     
“Casa Pacifica, La” (Nixon home), 177, 321

     
Cash, Johnny, 177

     
Castro, Fidel, 85

     
Castro, Nash, 113, 114, 195, 288

     
Catlin, George, 197

     
cattle futures trades, 17

     
CBS, 197, 198, 306

     
Chambrin, Pierre, 26

     
Charles, Prince, 16

     
Chase, Chevy, 323

     
Cheney, Dick, 256, 268

     
Cheney, Lynne, 271

     
Chicago, University of, Medical Center at, 49, 138

     
Chiles, Lawton, 51

     
Chiles, Rhea, 51

     
Civil Rights Acts, 70, 151, 280

     
Clark, Cletus, 303

     
Clark, William, 234, 237

     
Cleland, Max, 228

     
Cliber, Bill, 150, 313, 314

     
Clinton, Bill

         
becomes governor of Arkansas, 159–61

         
Bush’s attacks on ethics of, 50

         
courtship and marriage to Hillary of, 33, 157–62, 280–81

         
elected attorney general of Arkansas, 158

         
George H. W. Bush friendship of, 275

         
on Hillary’s influence, 18–19

         
Hillary’s political ambitions supported by, 239, 240–41

         
impeachment of, 241

         
Jackie Kennedy friendship of, 1–4

         
on Jackie’s death, 73

         
JFK admired by, 2–3, 71

         
Lady Bird seeks presidential pardon for friend, 44

         
loses gubernatorial bid in 1980, 159

         
and Monica Lewinsky, 34, 35, 37–38, 277

         
and Obamas, 281–83

         
on role as first spouse, 38–39

         
strained relationship with Carters, 261–63

     
Clinton, Chelsea, 3

         
Michelle Obama on, 139

         
private school attended by, 38, 263

         
and Starr Report, 34–35

         
travels with Hillary on foreign trips, 240

         
White House life of, 72–73, 122

     
Clinton, Hillary

         
advice to Laura Bush, 58

         
Betty Ford’s funeral attended by, 325

         
campaigning for Democrats by, 29–30

         
and Chelsea, 3, 38, 72–73, 122, 134–37, 139

         
courtship and marriage of, 33, 157

         
differences from Jackie Kennedy, 74

         
on divorce, 35, 240

         
Eleanor Roosevelt admired by, 17–18, 307

         
emotions kept under control by, 316–17

         
as first lady of Arkansas, 160–61

         
friendship with Jackie Kennedy, 1–4, 71–74

         
Gallup poll rating, 239

         
health-care reform work of, 17, 56, 160, 171, 239, 240

         
and husband’s infidelity, 18, 31

         
interest in predecessors, 56

         
letter to Betty Ford, 2

         
and Lewinsky affair, 33–34, 35, 36, 37–38, 240, 285

         
maiden name controversy of, 158–60

         
and Michelle Obama, 8, 281–83

         
on middle-class women, 80

         
and Nancy Reagan, 57

         
Nixon impeachment investigation work of, 158

         
as only first lady to run for office, 16

         
political role of, during Bill’s presidency, 16–17, 238–41

         
on pressures of living in White House, 9, 47

         
on raising child in White House, 2, 3, 72–73

         
and run for presidency, 277–80

         
seeks advice from Betty Ford, 57

         
Senate campaign of, 240–41

         
staff’s loyalty to, 37–38, 279

         
stay-at-home mothers and, 42–43

         
strained relationship with Carters, 261–63

         
as student supporter of Republicans, 37

         
support for Bill during impeachment, 241

         
sympathy for Pat Nixon of, 58

         
on “vast right-wing conspiracy,” 35

         
West Wing office of, 279

         
White House chef replaced by, 26

     
Clinton Global Initiative, 283

     
Clyburn, Jim, 280

     
Colacello, Bob, 79

     
Colbert, Stephen, 47

     
Cold War, 44, 91, 302

     
Coleman, Barbara, 91

     
Colson, Charles, 177

     
Comerford, Cristeta, 25, 26

     
Committee for the Preservation of the White House, 62, 252

     
Compton, Ann, 164, 240, 270

     
Conger, Clem, 293

     
Congressional Black Caucus, 280

     
Congressional Club luncheon, 53

     
Conversations with Kennedy
(Bradlee), 204

     
Cox, Tricia Nixon, 56, 63, 64, 115–21, 214, 247

     
Cuban Missile Crisis, 83–93

     
Cullen, Ann, 217

     
Daily News
, 49

     
Daley, Richard J., 208, 262

     
Dark Tower
,
The
(film), 206

     
Daughters of the American Revolution, 180

     
Davis, Edith Luckett (Nancy Reagan’s mother), 232–33, 302

     
Davis, Patti, 128–30, 268, 305

     
Death of a President
(Manchester), 204

     
Deaver, Michael, 236, 303–4

     
DEFCON [Defense Condition] 2, 88

     
de Gaulle, Charles, 194

     
Democratic National Convention (2004), 51

     
Dent, Harry, 174

     
de Santis, Rita, 178, 295

     
Diana, Princess of Wales, 16

     
Dickson, Reginald, 312

     
Downs, Maria, 168

     
Dranov, Polly, 180

     
Drown, Helene, 211, 295

     
Dunn, Anita, 20, 46, 171, 311

     
du Pont, Henry Francis, 77

     
East Wing

         
Clinton administration staff for, 170–71

         
first ladies “confined to,” 7

         
“Guam” as disparaging reference for, 172

         
as location of first lady’s office, 24

         
under Michelle Obama, 47–48, 168–73

         
under Rosalynn Carter, 224

         
vs. West Wing staff, 24–25, 26–27, 167–91

     
Ed Sullivan Show
,
The
, 108

     
Egypt, 15

     
Ehrlichman, John, 121, 174, 183, 187

     
Eisenhower, David, 117, 118, 121

     
Eisenhower, Dwight, 62, 243

     
Eisenhower, Julie Nixon

         
and antiwar protests, 119–20

         
Barbara Bush invitation to White House for, 43

         
and Kennedys’ White House visit, 63, 64

         
on mother’s childhood, 205

         
         
on mother’s conflict with West Wing, 176

         
parents supported by, 115–21

         
and president’s resignation, 214, 292–93

         
relationship with mother, 56, 181, 188

         
see also
Watergate

     
Eisenhower, Mamie

         
concern for White House staff of, 80

         
influence of, 11

         
and Jackie Kennedy, 243–46

         
mentors Pat Nixon, 209

         
Pat Nixon corresponded with during Watergate, 211

         
Pat Nixon’s admiration for, 184

         
sympathy for Betty Ford of, 319–20

         
on threats hanging over families, 301

         
tour of White House with Bess Truman, 244

         
White House life enjoyed by, 243

     
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 170

     
Eisenhower Medical Center, 323

     
Electoral College, 208

     
Elizabeth Arden Salon, 178

     
Elms, the (Johnsons’ Washington home), 67

     
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (char.), 277

     
Emanuel, Rahm, 53, 169–70, 172

         
and Hillary Clinton, 30

         
and Michelle Obama, 28–29

     
Emery, Chris, 22, 268

     
energy crisis, 259

     
Equal Rights Amendment, 14, 188, 253, 254

     
Erkenbeck, Jane, 129, 265, 308, 309

     
Esquire
, 268

     
ExComm (Executive Committee), 85, 87, 89, 92

     
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 28, 297

     
feminist movement, 209

         
and Barbara Bush, 272

         
and Hillary Clinton, 272

         
Lady Bird’s influence on, 153

         
Michelle Obama on, 54

         
and Steinem, 184

     
Ferraro, Geraldine, 272

     
Ficklin, Charles, 65, 245

     
Fierst, Anna, 17–18

     
Final Days
,
The
(Woodward and Bernstein), 119

     
first ladies, 39

         
assassination fears of, 40

         
family concerns of, 5

         
first use of title, 10

         
as husband’s ultimate protector, 28

         
influence of, 40

         
letters to and requests for help by, 79, 186

         
as political wives, 7–10

         
similarities among, 331–32