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1) White houses
Author
Language
English
Description
"Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and reinvented herself as the most prominent woman reporter in America, "Hick," as she's known to her friends and admirers, is not quite instantly charmed by the idealistic, patrician Eleanor. But then, as her connection with the future first lady deepens into intimacy, what begins as a...
3) Eleanor
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this annotated collection of candid advice columns that Eleanor Roosevelt wrote for Ladies Home Journal, no question was too trivial and no topic was out of bounds. Practical, warm-hearted, and often witty, her answers were so forthright her editors included a disclaimer that her views were not necessarily those of the magazines-- or the Roosevelt administration. From war, peace, and politics to love, marriage, religion, and popular culture, these...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
Ã1992-<2016>
Language
English
Description
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
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the woman who served as First Lady for the longest time, and who was the first President's wife to speak out about important issues of the day, by writing newspapers articles and books, giving radio interviews and speeches, and teaching classes.
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In the year leading up to her thirtieth birthday, the author, a former media blogger, turns to Eleanor Roosevelt for guidance as she spends the last months of her twenties pursuing a "year of fear" during which she embarks on many adventures.
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Examines the relationship between cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, "revealing the contentious bond between two political trailblazers who short-circuited the rules of gender and power, each in her own way"--Dust jacket flap.
14) FDR
Language
English
Description
A documentary on the life and times of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Part one covers Roosevelt's early years and early political successes, his bout with polio at age 39, and ends with his election as president. Part two explores FDR's response to the Great Depression, and his leadership of the American people during World War II until his death in 1945.
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