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Women in the Life of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson is one of the most significant and controversial United States Presidents. This book follows Jackson's life and death through the lives of six women who influenced both his politics and his persona. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, introduced him to their Scots-Irish heritage. Jackson's wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson provided emotional support and a stable household throughout her life. Emily Donelson, his niece, was the White House hostess for most of his presidency and was one of the few women to stand up to Jackson's overbearing nature. She, along with Rachel Jackson and Mary Eaton (the wife of Jackson's Secretary of War) was also involved in the Petticoat Affair, a historic scandal that consumed the early Jackson administration. His daughter-in-law, Sarah Yorke Jackson, and niece, Mary Eastin Polk, supported Jackson in his retirement and buttressed his political legacy. These six women helped to mold, support, and temper the figure of Andrew Jackson we know today.
Idah Meacham Strobridge Correspondence
Letters to Strobridge are from Mary Austin, [1905] and [1909]; William Dean Howells, 1909; and Gwendolen Overton, n.d. [post 1903]; all were originally tipped into books by these authors which were attributed to have been in Strobridge's library. Austin's letters discuss the state of her health and her daughter's poor health, express her admiration of Strobridge's latest book and wish they had met years before, and delineate progress on Austin's "sheep book." Austin also speculates on rumors regarding the demise of Out West magazine. Overton's letter notifies Strobridge of her impending visit, along with her mother. Howell's letter thanks Strobridge for her letter.
