POTUS
ACT presents POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE from September 7 to 29, 2024. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books and films to enhance your experience of the show. Annotations provided by publisher unless otherwise noted.
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American Woman
"Rogers, a White House correspondent for the New York Times, debuts with a sympathetic survey of recent first ladies. Profiling presidents' wives since the 1990s--Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, Melania Trump, and Jill Biden--Rogers highlights ways in which each pushed back against the role's strictures and expectations."--Publishers Weekly
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Women of the White House
"Women of the White House looks at the work, lives and times of the 48 women officially recognized as FLOTUS. Through portraits, photographs and profiles, the book examines their contributions to the presidencies they supported and the 230-year history of the role."
Format: Book
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She's Beautiful When She's Angry
"A provocative, rousing and often humorous account of the birth of the modern women's liberation movement in the late 1960s through to its contemporary manifestations in the new millenium, direct from the women who lived it."
Format: Streaming Video
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American Wife
"On what might become one of the most significant days in her husband's presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led her to the White House -- and the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, 'almost in opposition to itself.'"
Format: eBook
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Electable
"This book is about the presidency and the woman who - whoever she is! - will eventually hold the title Madame President and occupy the Oval Office. It's about the road that female candidates have traveled with the goal of getting there."
Format: eBook
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Veep
"Follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Selina Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the President's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive."
Format: DVD
Availability: All copies in use
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The Woman at the Washington Zoo
"Marjorie Williams was a woman in a man's town, an outsider reporting on the political elite. She was, like the narrator in Randall Jarrell's classic poem, "The Woman at the Washington Zoo," an observer of a strange and exotic culture. This splendid collection -- at once insightful, funny and sad -- digs into the psyche of the nation's capital, revealing not only the hidden selves of the people that run it, but the messy lives that the rest of us lead."
Format: Book
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POTUS – ACT Contemporary Theatre
The comedic sensation comes to Seattle and delivers a riotous punch as it unveils the story of seven extraordinary women tasked with managing the antics of the most powerful man in the world. From PR nightmares to global crises, these brilliant and VERY different women navigate a maze of chaos, risking everything to uphold sanity and stability in the White House. Fueled by Selina Fillinger’s sharp wit and biting satire, this Tony-nominated play offers an unforgettable tribute to the unsung heroes behind the political curtain.
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