Ladies First

This 120-page paperback book consists of a fascinating collection of questions and answers about the women who have shared the highest political office in the land with their presidents. Its approach is light-hearted, its style non-prosaic, and its intent educational and informative. This book covers a variety of topics about each first lady's accomplishments and disappointments, her families and friends, her causes and characteristics. It is presented in question-and-answer format and is divided into short chapters on various topics: animals, births, causes, clothes, Congress, education, employment, fathers, food, genealogy, geography, health, homes, inaugurations, marriages, the media, mothers, music, nicknames, organizations, the printed word, quotations, recreation, religion, sports, transportation, travels, and the White House, among others.

Pete Wrench is a thirty-four-year-old consultant who received his education at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas, and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated in three years from the University of Texas at Austin with an undergraduate degree in government, and later earned a Master of Public Affairs degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. He has extensive experience in political campaigns, having worked at all levels, from city council and justice of the peace to president of the United States, and in various roles, from volunteer to campaign manager. Also, he has served as a delegate to precinct, senatorial-district, state, and national political conventions. He has served as a precinct chairman, election clerk, election judge, grand-jury foreman, and state committeeman of a major political party. He has authored numerous articles dealing with the presidency or politics in publications such as The Dallas Morning News, and has offered political commentary on programs such as the Today show. He has written scholarly articles about congressional incumbency, frivolous lawsuits, ideological voting patterns, voter turnout, budget priorities, and tax reform.