PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVES

NEW! A Private First Lady: Edith Roosevelt - By her husband Teddy’s own admission, Edith was an asset to his life as president. She began her eight years in the White House as a busy mother with six children ranging in age 4 to 17. Still, she renovated the Executive Mansion and quietly instituted several different events into office protocol that are still followed today.

What were Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter like as children? Was there something special about their upbringing that pushed them toward the presidency? Accent On History brings you the lives of the presidents through the eyes of the women who knew them best—their mothers. How much did Sara Delano Roosevelt, Nelle Reagan or Lillian Carter, three very different women, influence their sons lives on the way to becoming president?