Launch of New Journal Is Dedicated to Boosting Scholarship of First Ladies
‘The Journal of First Ladies Studies,’ a flagship publication by the First Ladies Association for Research and Education, reexamines First Lady Mamie Eisenhower in its inaugural issue.
A new scholarly publication exclusively dedicated to assessing the impact of American first ladies debuted Saturday with two peer-reviewed articles about former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.
The First Ladies Association for Research and Education released the inaugural, online issue of The Journal of First Ladies Studies designed to advance research on the lives, influence and historical impact of presidential spouses.
For decades, scholars studying first ladies have faced difficulty trying to publish research in history journals that focus broadly on time periods or geographic areas.
“There wasn’t really any dedicated scholarly space for people who work on first ladies,” Christopher J. Leahy, Ph.D., editor of the journal and Professor of History at Keuka College, tells East Wing …
