List of autobiographies by First Ladies of the United States

The First Lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House. The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the President of the United States, with some historic exceptions.

Helen Taft was the first First Lady to get her memoir published during her lifetime. Every memoir by a First Lady published in the 20th and 21st centuries has been a best seller, at times outselling those of their presidential husbands.[1]

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Note: Only publication information for the first edition is given.
Title First Lady Publisher Date ISBN
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant Grant, JuliaJulia Grant Putnam Publishing Group 1975 9780399113864
Grant tried but was unable to secure a publisher for her memoirs during her lifetime.
Recollections of Full Years Taft, HelenHelen Taft Dodd, Mead & Company 1914
My Memoir Wilson, EdithEdith Wilson Bobbs-Merrill Company 1939
This is My Story Roosevelt, EleanorEleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1937
This I Remember Roosevelt, EleanorEleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1949
On My Own Roosevelt, EleanorEleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1958
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt, EleanorEleanor Roosevelt Harper & Brothers 1961
Compiled material from her first three autobiographies with additional chapters.
A White House Diary Johnson, Lady BirdLady Bird Johnson Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1970
The Times of My Life Ford, BettyBetty Ford Harper & Row 1978 978-0-06-011298-1
Written with Chris Chase.
Betty — A Glad Awakening Ford, BettyBetty Ford Doubleday 1987 978-0-385-23502-0
Written with Chris Chase.
First Lady from Plains Carter, RosalynnRosalynn Carter Houghton Mifflin 1984 9780395352946
Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life Carter, RosalynnRosalynn Carter Random House 1987 9780394558585
Written with husband Jimmy Carter.
Nancy: The Autobiography of America's First Lady Reagan, NancyNancy Reagan HarperCollins 1980 978-0-688-03533-4
Written with Bill Libby.
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan Reagan, NancyNancy Reagan Random House 1989 0-394-56368-9
Written with William Novak.
Barbara Bush: A Memoir Bush, BarbaraBarbara Bush Scribner 1994 978-0-02-519635-3
Reflections: Life After the White House Bush, BarbaraBarbara Bush Scribner 2004 978-0743255820
Living History Clinton, HillaryHillary Clinton Simon & Schuster 2003 978-0-7432-2224-2
Hard Choices Clinton, HillaryHillary Clinton Simon & Schuster 2014 978-1-4767-5144-3
Spoken from the Heart Bush, LauraLaura Bush Scribner 2010 9781439155202

Notes

  1. ↑ Fehrman, Craig (May 21, 2010), "First Lady Lit", The New York Times, retrieved March 30, 2015.

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