Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One, 1884-1933
โ Scribed by Cook, Blanche Wiesen
- Book ID
- 108031939
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Eleanor Roosevelt 1
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great men and women of her times.
This landmark biography provides a compelling new evaluation of one of the most inspiring women in American political history. Celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians, and reviewers everywhere, it presents an unprecedented portrait of a brave, fierce, passionate political lerader of our century.
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Historians, politicians, feminists, critics, and reviewers everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cook's monumental Eleanor Roosevelt as the definitive portrait of this towering female figure of the twentieth century. Now in her long-awaited, majestic second volume, Cook takes readers through the tu
**The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe).** **Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume Three, 1938-1962**, will be published in November. **Volume Two** covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storm