Eleanor Roosevelt : transformative first lady / Maurine H. Beasley.
2010
E807.1 .B43 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Eleanor Roosevelt : transformative first lady / Maurine H. Beasley.
Author
Beasley, Maurine Hoffman.
ISBN
9780700617272 (alk. paper)
0700617272 (alk. paper)
0700617272 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xii, 304 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
E807.1 .B43 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.917092 B
Summary
Presiding in the White House longer than any other first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt championed the downtrodden as she traveled the globe, yet she was a maze of contradictions--an idealist who carried on a moneymaking career that depended on her position and a conventional-appearing wife and mother who found emotional succor from intense relationships outside her family. This book cuts through those contradictions to reveal how Eleanor operated, both in and out of public view, to advance the causes in which she believed by participating in the political process.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Modern first ladies.
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Table of Contents
Finding a place
Launching a career
Merging the personal and the political
Claiming the public stage
Reaching the dispossessed
Backing the war effort
Visionary for the world
Modeling political leadership.
Launching a career
Merging the personal and the political
Claiming the public stage
Reaching the dispossessed
Backing the war effort
Visionary for the world
Modeling political leadership.