First Ladies Among the Topics of Smithsonian’s 2024 Recommended Reading

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From left: Diana B. Carlin, Nancy Kegan Smith and Anita B. McBride are co-authors of Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America’s History-Making Women that was selected as one of Smithsonian Magazine’s top recommended books of 2024.

Smithsonian Magazine on Wednesday announced Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America’s History-Making Women by co-authors Diana B. Carlin, Anita B. McBride and Nancy Kegan Smith as one of its 11 top books from 2024.

The reading list comes from Smithsonian curators, educators and experts. Elizabeth C. Babcock, director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, recommended the book saying, “this thought-provoking book brings these women to life in a way that enriches our public discourse about gender, politics and presidential leadership, and provides a critically important perspective about women in American history.” Read more

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