Betty Boyd Caroli is the author of "Lady Bird and Lyndon", "First Ladies: Martha Washington to Michelle Obama", "Inside the White House", and "The Roosevelt Women". She has been a guest on "Today", "The O Reilly Factor", "Lehrer NewsHour", Al Jazeera", Booknotes" with Brian Lamb, and many others. A graduate of Oberlin College, Caroli holds a master s degree in Mass Communications from the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in American Civilization from New York University. She currently resides in New York City and Venice, Italy.