The petticoat affair manners, mutiny, and sex in Andrew Jackson's White House
A stubborn man of deep principles, Andrew Jackson always reacted violently to what he saw as political or social injustice. The rumors surrounding the timing of his marriage, which had devastating effects on his wife Rachel - she died after the election and before his inauguration - drove him to dis...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York u.a.
Free Press
1997
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Eaton, Peggy <1799?-1879>
> Jackson, Andrew <1767-1845>
> Friends and associates
> Van Buren, Martin <1782-1862>
> Jackson, Andrew
> Geschichte 1800-1900
> Geschichte 1828-1831
> Affaires
> Schandalen
> Frau
> Geschichte
> Politicians
> Sexual behavior
> Sex role
> History
> Women
> Politischer Skandal
> USA
> Fallstudiensammlung
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | A stubborn man of deep principles, Andrew Jackson always reacted violently to what he saw as political or social injustice. The rumors surrounding the timing of his marriage, which had devastating effects on his wife Rachel - she died after the election and before his inauguration - drove him to distraction. But nothing tested Jackson's resolve - and eventually his presidency - quite so much as the scandals surrounding Margaret "Peggy" Eaton, the brash and unconventional wife of his secretary of war Branded a "loose woman" and snubbed by Washington society, Margaret lived a public life that was considered inappropriate for any woman: she was combative and outspoken, the daughter of a Washington innkeeper who socialized with her father's guests. Margaret attributed the scandals surrounding her name to the small-minded jealousy of other women Andrew Jackson, however, saw it as conspiratorially motivated: by defending Margaret's honor he was also defending his choice of John Henry Eaton for secretary of war and, ultimately, defending himself and his presidency |
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| Beschreibung: | VIII, 296 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0684828014 0-684-82801-4 |