Although First Lady Pat Nixon was voted “Most Admired Woman in the World” in 1972 and made Gallup Poll’s top ten list of most admired women fourteen times, she has long been portrayed as enigmatic in America’s collective consciousness.  The real Pat Nixon, however, bore little resemblance to the woman so often described in the media. Drawing from research for her new book The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington's Most Private First Lady, author Heath Hardage Lee dispels popular myths about the life and legacy of "Plastic Pat," revealing the First Lady's critical work in American diplomacy and feminism.