Lesser Known First Ladies

Sarah Polk

Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk by Amy S. Greenberg

Sarah Childress Polk: A Biography of the Remarkable First Lady by John R. Bumgarner

Abigail Filmore

The First White House Library by Catherine M. Parisian

Jane Pierce

Jane Means Appleton Pierce: U.S. First Lady (1853-1857): Her Family, Life and Times by Ann Covell

Jane Means Appleton Pierce: 1806-1863 (Encyclopedia of First Ladies) by Deborah Kent

Florence Harding

First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy by Katherine A.S. Sibley

Florence Harding by Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Elizabeth Monroe

ELIZABETH MONROE: The ‘Too European’ First Lady By Alex Grant

Louisa Adams

Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams by Louisa Thomas

A Traveled First Lady: Writings of Louisa Catherine Adams

Lou Hoover

A Woman of Adventure: The Life and Times of First Lady Lou Henry Hoover By Annette B. Dunlap

Lou Henry Hoover: Activist First Lady By Nancy Beck Young