FIRST LADIES OF THE 18TH & 19TH CENTURY
- Martha Washington: An American Life, Patricia Brady
- First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the creation of an Iconic American Role, Jeanne E. Abrams
- The Washington: George and Martha "join'd by friendship, crown'd by love", Flora Fraser
- Founding Mothers: the women who raised our nation, Cokie Roberts
- Abigail Adams: A Life, Woody Holton
- Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman, Charles W. Akers
- First Thoughts: Life and Letters of Abigail Adams, Edith B. Gelles
- First Family: Abigail & John, Joseph J. Ellis
- James and Dolley Madison: America's first power couple, Bruce Chadwick
- Strength and Honor: The life of Dolley Madison, Richard N. Cote
- Louisa: The extraordinary life of Mrs. Adams, Louisa Thomas
- Lady First: The world of first lady Sarah Polk, Amy S. Greenberg
- Mrs. Lincoln: A life, Catherine Clinton
- Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The remarkable story of the friendship between a first lady and a former slave, Jennifer Fleischner
- An American Marriage: The untold story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd, Michael Burlingame
- Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule: a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini