Every first lady runs a court, a hub of political power within the White House. Azadeh Moaveni’s The East Wing: Power, Intrigue, and the Untold Story of America’s First Ladies spans from the New Deal era and the myth-making Kennedys to the turbulent, MAGA-influenced 2020s. It tells the story of the first ladies’ staffers, their role, and the evolution of female leadership in our country. In An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln, longtime political journalist Lois Romano sets out to reconsider one of the most misunderstood and reviled first ladies in American history. Brilliant and deeply flawed – from her shopping addiction to her inability, or unwillingness, to control her temper – Lincoln made enemies who later wrote her story for her, often unfairly. Moderating is author and historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony.

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