The autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt / Eleonor Roosevelt.

By:

Roosevelt, Eleanor [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Da Capo Press, c1961.Description: xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

030680476X

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

E 807.1 .R66 1989

Contents:

Part 1. This is my story.--Part 2. This I remember.--Part 3. On my own.--Part 4. The search for understanding.

Summary: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. Now back in print, 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 eventually became a powerful force of her own, heading women s organizations and youth movements, and battling for consumer rights, civil rights, and improved housing.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	NU BALIWAG	NU BALIWAG	Reference	Reference	REF E 807.1 .R66 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NUBUL000001966

Includes index.

Part 1. This is my story.--Part 2. This I remember.--Part 3. On my own.--Part 4. The search for understanding.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: GENERAL. Now back in print, 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 eventually became a powerful force of her own, heading women s organizations and youth movements, and battling for consumer rights, civil rights, and improved housing.

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