Eleanor Roosevelt Volume 2 1933 1938

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101567456

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2 by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt—an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1028493225

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Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN : 1101567198

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Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

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 tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt' an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047718088

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Eleanor Roosevelt: 1933-1938 by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

A study of the complex and political figure of Eleanor Roosevelt begins with her harrowing childhood, describes the difficulties of her marriage, and explains how she persuaded Franklin to make the reforms that would make him famous.

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:989920575

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2, 1933-1938 by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Pub Limited
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 074754980X

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Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

The first volume of Blanche Wiesen Cook's superb biography of Eleanor Roosevelt was greeted as one of the most significant biographies of the decade.

Author : Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476750576

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No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin Pdf

Presents a social history of the United States in 1940, along with a moment-by-moment account of Roosevelt's leadership and the private lives of the president and First Lady, whose remarkable partnership transformed America. (This book was previously featured in Forecast.)

Author : Ann Atkins
Publisher : Ann Atkins
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780983478409

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Eleanor Roosevelt - Unleashed by Ann Atkins Pdf

Transforming the power in Eleanor's story to your story starts now. Whatever the scale of your rendezvous with destiny, the fact remains it is up to you to live it. Eleanor's story is a do-it-yourself guide that shows us how to accomplish many things. From a childhood plagued with drunks and drama queens, Eleanor must now discard her dependency on Franklin and face off with her grand dame mother-in-law. Refusing to cave in to society's rules, Eleanor's exuberant style, wavering voice, and lack of Hollywood beauty are fodder for the media. First Lady for thirteen years, Eleanor redefines and exploits this role to a position of power. Using her influence, she champions Jews, African Americans, and women. The audacity of this woman to live out her own destiny challenges us to do the same. After all, it's not about Eleanor. Her story is history. Her life shows us how to live.

Author : Patricia Bell-Scott
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780679767299

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The Firebrand and the First Lady by Patricia Bell-Scott Pdf

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • The riveting history of how Pauli Murray—a brilliant writer-turned-activist—and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America. “A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt.” —Essence In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Author : Eleanor Roosevelt,David Emblidge
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786731404

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My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt,David Emblidge Pdf

"I think Eleanor Roosevelt has so gripped the imagination of this moment because we need her and her vision so completely. . . . She's perfect for us as we enter the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt is a loud and profound voice for people who want to change the world." -- Blanche Wiesen Cook Named "Woman of the Century" in a survey conducted by the National Women's Hall of Fame, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote her hugely popular syndicated column "My Day" for over a quarter of that century, from 1936 to 1962. This collection brings together for the first time in a single volume the most memorable of those columns, written with singular wit, elegance, compassion, and insight -- everything from her personal perspectives on the New Deal and World War II to the painstaking diplomacy required of her as chair of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights after the war to the joys of gardening at her beloved Hyde Park home. To quote Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., "What a remarkable woman she was! These sprightly and touching selections from Eleanor Roosevelt's famous column evoke an extraordinary personality." "My Day reminds us how great a woman she was." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046817584

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The Declassified Eisenhower by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

Author : Geraldine Kidd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351984485

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Eleanor Roosevelt by Geraldine Kidd Pdf

Memorialised as a US heroine and an iconoclastic humanitarian who sought to protect society’s marginalised, Eleanor Roosevelt also, at times, disappointed contemporaries and biographers with some of her stances. Examining a period of her life that has not been extensively explored, this book challenges the previously held universality of Eleanor Roosevelt’s humanitarianism. The Palestinian question is used as a case study to explore the practical application of her commitment to social justice, and the author argues that, at times, Roosevelt’s humanitarianism was illogical, limited and flawed by pragmatism. New insights are provided into Eleanor Roosevelt’s human rights activism – its dichotomies, its inspiration, and the effect it had on US relations with the Middle East. This book will appeal to academics working across a range of disciplines including history, diplomatic history, American studies, Middle Eastern studies, US foreign policy, human rights and women’s studies.

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197535394

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Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

A collection of essay, addresses, and magazine articles by the early-twentieth-century attorney and activist illuminate her militant views on feminism, suffrage, pacifism, and socialism.

Author : Eleanor Roosevelt
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062355928

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The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt Pdf

A candid and insightful look at an era and a life through the eyes of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, First Lady and humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt. The daughter of one of New York’s most influential families, niece of Theodore Roosevelt, and wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt witnessed some of the most remarkable decades in modern history, as America transitioned from the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and the Depression to World War II and the Cold War. A champion of the downtrodden, Eleanor drew on her experience and used her role as First Lady to help those in need. Intimately involved in her husband’s political life, from the governorship of New York to the White House, Eleanor would eventually become a powerful force of her own, heading women’s organizations and youth movements, and battling for consumer rights, civil rights, and improved housing. In the years after FDR’s death, this inspiring, controversial, and outspoken leader would become a U.N. Delegate, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, a newspaper columnist, Democratic party activist, world-traveler, and diplomat devoted to the ideas of liberty and human rights. This single volume biography brings her into focus through her own words, illuminating the vanished world she grew up, her life with her political husband, and the post-war years when she worked to broaden cooperation and understanding at home and abroad. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt includes 16 pages of black-and-white photos.

Author : Blanche Wiesen Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735221185

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3 by Blanche Wiesen Cook Pdf

One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of NPR's 10 Best Books of 2016 "Heartachingly relevant...the Eleanor Roosevelt who inhabits these meticulously crafted pages transcends both first-lady history and the marriage around which Roosevelt scholarship has traditionally pivoted." -- The Wall Street Journal The final volume in the definitive biography of America's greatest first lady. “Monumental and inspirational…Cook skillfully narrates the epic history of the war years… [a] grand biography.” -- The New York Times Book Review Historians, politicians, critics, and readers everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cook’s biography of Eleanor Roosevelt as the essential portrait of a woman who towers over the twentieth century. The third and final volume takes us through World War II, FDR’s death, the founding of the UN, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s death in 1962. It follows the arc of war and the evolution of a marriage, as the first lady realized the cost of maintaining her principles even as the country and her husband were not prepared to adopt them. Eleanor Roosevelt continued to struggle for her core issues—economic security, New Deal reforms, racial equality, and rescue—when they were sidelined by FDR while he marshaled the country through war. The chasm between Eleanor and Franklin grew, and the strains on their relationship were as political as they were personal. She also had to negotiate the fractures in the close circle of influential women around her at Val-Kill, but through it she gained confidence in her own vision, even when forced to amend her agenda when her beliefs clashed with government policies on such issues as neutrality, refugees, and eventually the threat of communism. These years—the war years—made Eleanor Roosevelt the woman she became: leader, visionary, guiding light. FDR’s death in 1945 changed her world, but she was far from finished, returning to the spotlight as a crucial player in the founding of the United Nations. This is a sympathetic but unblinking portrait of a marriage and of a woman whose passion and commitment has inspired generations of Americans to seek a decent future for all people. Modest and self-deprecating, a moral force in a turbulent world, Eleanor Roosevelt was unique.