Wiessner, Charlotte, 277
Wilder, Billy, 90
Wilkie, Jane, 331
Will, George F., 41, 115, 240, 484 in attack on G.H.W. Bush, 310–11
on J. Baker’s relationship with NR, 234
NR’s close friendship with, 232–33, 310
in RR’s 1980 campaign, 232
Williams, Hosea, 228
Willkie, Wendell, 41
Wills, Garry, 383
Wilson, Betty, 132, 250, 536
Wilson, Brian, 181
Wilson, Edith, 4, 496
Wilson, Pete, 360, 570–71
Wilson, William, 132, 250, 311, 536
Wilson, Woodrow, 4
Winchell, Walter, 73
Winston, Harry, 247
Wirthlin, Richard, 223, 227 Iran-contra opinion polls of, 491, 493
1980 campaign polls of, 214
1984 campaign polls of, 376, 381
and NR’s campaign against Sears, 218–19
NR’s consultations with, 298
Women’s Faculty Club, 45
Woodruff, Judy, 53, 64
Works Progress Administration, 290
World War II:Edie’s charity work in, 45, 50–51
home front in, 58
Loyal’s army service in, 43–44, 50
onset of, 55–56
RR in, 89–90
US entry into, 54
Wright, Harold Bell, 84
Wright, Jim, 342
Wyman, Ernest, 88
Wyman, Jane, 557 childhood of, 87–88
children’s distance from, 121–22
custody of Maureen and Michael awarded to, 94
film career of, 87, 90
mutual dislike of NR and, 99
NR compared to, 94
RR’s divorce from, 78, 93–94, 100
RR’s political career supported by, 136–37
RR’s thank you note to, 248–49
Wyman, Jane, Reagan’s marriage to:death of infant Christine in, 92
disparate film careers in, 89, 90
Maureen’s birth in, 89, 92
Michael’s adoption in, 92
protracted dissolution of, 92–93
RR’s political interests as issue in, 90–91, 93
wedding of, 88
Yearling, The (film), 90
Young, Kathleen, 18–19
Young America’s Foundation, Reagan ranch bought by, 552–53
Zieman, Yuri, 461
Zipkin, Jerry, 61–62, 317, 563 NR’s friendship with, 133, 413
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Names: Tumulty, Karen, 1955– author.
Title: The Triumph of Nancy Reagan / Karen Tumulty.
Description: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The definitive biography of the fiercely vigilant and politically astute First Lady who shaped one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century: Nancy Reagan”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020031177 | ISBN 9781501165191 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501165214 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016. | Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016—Family. | Presidents’ spouses—United States—Biography. | Reagan, Ronald. | Regan family. | United States—Politics and government—1981-1989. | Washington (D.C.)—Biography. | California—Biography.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Photographs
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Copyright
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