Shocking! Lurid! Tawdry! A History of American Scandals

That Time D.C. Wives Hated Peggy Eaton So Much Andrew Jackson Had to Fire His Cabinet


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Peggy Eaton was just trying to be a good housewife, but the women of D.C. were not going to let her do it in peace! During the Andrew Jackson administration, not much else was going on, so one wife deemed unfit could take down a whole cabinet! (Maybe you've heard of Peggy because you're a big fan of the Joan Crawford picture The Gorgeous Hussy?) And we learn the fastest way to lose a tip as far as Mark is concerned.

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Shocking! Lurid! Tawdry! A History of American ScandalsBy Kasey Howe & Mark Peikert

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