Presents a view of colonial life, revolutionary ferment, and the birth of a new nation, as reported in the long, observant, and insightful letters of the wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams.

Provides profiles of the women who influenced the history of the United States as wives of its presidents.

Presents the life of the woman who married the forty-first president of the United States.

Introduces the wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and U.S. delegate to the United Nations.