The Triumph of Nancy Reagan

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by Karen Tumulty


  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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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  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.

  Classification: LCC E878.R43 T86 2021 | DDC 973.927092 [B]—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031177

  ISBN 978-1-5011-6519-1

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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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