01911cam a22003135i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700800410003401000170007502000300009202000320012202000300015402000350018402000250021904000280024404200080027210000170028024500870029725000170038426300090040126400560041030000450046633600260051133700280053733800270056552009210059265000400151365000440155320679079MeVbMML20250625101752.0180921s2019    nyu           000 0 eng    a  2018959120  a9781538713648 (hardcover)  a9781538715529 (large print)  a9781549170010 (audio bk.)  a9781549170027 (audio download)  a9781538713655 (ebk.)  aDLCbengerdacDLCdAJM  apcc1 aPage, Susan.14aThe matriarch :bBarbara Bush and the making of an American dynasty /cSusan Page.  a1st edition.  a1904 1aNew York, NY :bTwelve, Hachette Book Group.c2019.  a418 pagesbblack and white photosc23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aThis biography is informed by more than one hundred interviews with Bush friends and family members, hours of conversation with Mrs. Bush herself in the final six months of her life, and access to her diaries that spanned decades; examining not only her public persona but also less well-known aspects of her remarkable life. As first the wife and then the mother of American presidents, she made history as the only woman to see -- and advise -- both her husband and son in the Oval Office. As with many women of her era, Barbara Bush was routinely underestimated, her contributions often neither recognized nor acknowledged, but she became an astute and trusted political campaign strategist, invested herself deeply in expanding literacy programs in America, played a critical role in the end of the Cold War, and led the way in demonstrating love and compassion to those with HIV/AIDSbProvided by the publisher.  aBush, Barbara, 1925-2018vBiography  aBush, George W. 1946- FamilyvBiography