First Ladies in Michigan/Second Edition [Paperback]

Willah Weddon (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0963837605 | ISBN-13: 978-0963837608 | Publication Date: January 1994 | Edition: 2nd

Some of Michigan's First Ladies reveled in the spotlight accorded them by virtue of being married to the Governor of the State. Others made the best of their non-elected, non-paying jobs. This edition of the "First Ladies of Michigan" provides an insight into the lives of these women from the hardships of the Territorial Governor's First Lady, to Governor John Engler's wife, Michelle, today. Profiles of Michigan's three women Lieutenant Governors are also included: Matilda Dodge Wilson, Martha Griffiths and Connie Binsfeld.

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About the Author

Willah Weddon is a past president of the Michigan Press Women, served as secretary of the National Federation of Press Women, Inc., and is a past president of the Michigan State Medical Auxiliary. She received a B.A. from Western Michigan University and did graduate work through the University of Michigan. She founded the Women's News Bureau at the Capitol in Lansing and was also a regular columists for several magazines. Weddon lives on a farm near Stockbridge, Michigan, where she and her husband, Ed, raised their five children. She has won more than 100 awards for writing photography, public relations and editing. In 1999 Weddon won the Martha Rayne Award for research about media history, sponsored by the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, for her book, Michigan Press Women, Today and Yesterday.

Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: Willah Weddon; 2nd edition (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963837605
• ISBN-13: 978-0963837608
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,100,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Made the wives of the governors of Michigan, seem so real., March 10, 1999

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This review is from: First Ladies in Michigan/Second Edition (Paperback)

Willah Weddon took her in depth research and made reading the stories of these women and their lives a very enjoyabe experience. The book was easy to read and even if you are not a history buff you will enjoy it. Most of these women were just ordinary women. They had ordinary lives, only to have their personal lives thrust into the spotlite when they married the man who was to become the Michigan governor.