We Can Do Together

Chronicling the emergence of both her personal and political points of view, this is a fascinating and moving account of the life of Dagmar Braun Celeste, one of Ohio’s most vocal and effective First Ladies. Much has formed Dagmar’s feminist ideals—her youth in Austria during World War II, her travels throughout Europe and the rest of the world, and her marriage to the man who would eventually rise to the position of 64th governor or Ohio, Richard F. Celeste. Compassionate and issue oriented, Dagmar candidly discusses her childhood, marriage and divorce, child-rearing, bouts with postpartum depression, experiences with personal and political conflict, and struggle to change the role of First Lady from a silent supporter to an active political partner.