Bonnie Angelo (1924–2017)

Author of First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents

3 Works 322 Members 4 Reviews

About the Author

In more than twenty-five years with Time, Bonnie Angelo has reported on the White House and the presidential families during eight administrations. As a Washington correspondent and bureau chief in London and New York, she has covered news-makers and major events in all fifty states and around the show more world. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, and New York City show less

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First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents (2000) 228 copies, 4 reviews

First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives (2005) 93 copies

Family and faith fire the spirit of camp meetings 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1924-01-29
Date of death: 2017-09-17
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Places of residence: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
New York, New York, USA
London, England, UK
Washington, D.C., USA
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Education: Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina
Occupations: journalist
Organizations: International Women's Media Foundation

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First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents by Bonnie Angelo

Although I suspect there was some glossing over here and there concerning deeper family issues (especially for presidents still alive at the time of publication), this was an interesting look at the lives and relationships with their sons of the Presidential mothers from Sara Delano Roosevelt to Barbara Bush.

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ValerieAndBooks | 3 other reviews | Aug 5, 2020 |

First Mothers by Bonnie Angelo

Unlike the other two reviewers commenting on this book, I neither found it silly or boring. I do agree with one of them: that it would be useful for teachers when discussing the Presidents with students in class and perhaps more teachers should have those kinds of discussions than apparently do. So many of our people know so little of most of the folk who have shaped the country. The book is not an earth-shattering treatise but it is interesting as anecdotal history and as a philosophical presentation of some of what has gone into making men into Presidents.… (more)

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gmillar | 3 other reviews | Jun 20, 2015 |

First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents by Bonnie Angelo

This is a book about the presidents mothers. Each page has a different silly mini biography. Would be good when discussing presidents! Fun way to introduce biographies-- possibly have students do a follow up silly biography about their own mom

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kzilinskas | 3 other reviews | Nov 16, 2014 |

First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents by Bonnie Angelo

I found this book very slow and boring at times. I enjoy learning about history and even the presidents. This book was very long winded and I felt somethings were repeated over and over again.

The book starts out reading about Franklin Roosevelt and goes to George W. Bush. It seemed like all these presidents had very similar lives and yet different at the same time. Either they were poor or their mother was poor.

I probably wouldn't have read this book if it wasn't for my book club.… (more)

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crazy4reading | 3 other reviews | Nov 13, 2014 |

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