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The autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt. by Roosevelt, Eleanor,1884-1962;
Pt. I. This is my story. Memories of my childhood ; Adolescence ; Home again ; Early days of our marriage ; A woman ; My introduction to politics ; Washington ; Growing independence ; A changing existence ; Readjustment ; The 1920 campaign and back to New York ; Trial by fire -- pt. II. This I remember. The private lives of public servants ; Private interlude : 1921-1927 ; The governorship years : 1928-1932 ; I learn to be a president's wife ; The first year : 1933 ; The peaceful years : 1934-1936 ; Second term : 1936-1937 ; The royal visitors ; Second term : 1939-1940 ; The coming of war : 1941 ; Visit to England ; Getting on with the war : 1943 ; Visit to the Pacific ; Teheran and the Caribbean ; The last term : 1944-1945 -- pt. III. On my own. An end and a beginning ; Not many dull moments ; Learning the ropes in the UN ; I learn about Soviet tactics ; The Human Rights Commission ; Foreign travels ; The long way home ; Campaigning for Stevenson ; Bali and Morocco ; In the land of the Soviets ; A challenge to the West -- pt. IV. The search for understanding. Second visit to Russia ; The American dream ; Milestones ; The Democratic Convention of 1960 ; Unfinished business.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 The long and eventful life of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was full of rich experiences and courageous actions. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married a Columbia University law student named Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who gradually ascended in the world of New York politics to reach the presidency in 1932. Throughout his three terms, Eleanor Roosevelt was not only intimately involved in FDR's personal and political life but also led women's organizations and youth movements, and fought for consumer welfare, civil rights, and better housing standards. During World War II she traveled with her husband to meet leaders of many powerful nations; after his death in 1945 she worked as a UN delegate, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, newspaper columnist, Democratic Party activist, and diplomat, and was a world traveler. By the end of her life, Eleanor Roosevelt was recognized around the world for her fortitude and commitment to the ideals of liberty and human rights. Her autobiography constitutes a self-portrait no biography can match for its candor and liveliness, wisdom, tolerance, and breadth of view--a self-portrait of one of the greatest American humanitarians of our time. With 8 pages of black-and-white photographs and an afterword by Eleanor Roosevelt's granddaughter
Subjects: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.; Presidents' spouses;
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My year with Eleanor : a memoir / by Hancock, Noelle,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 297).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.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Hancock, Noelle.; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962; Women journalists;
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Eleanor and Franklin : the story of their relationship, based on Eleanor Roosevelt's private papers / by Lash, Joseph P.,1909-1987.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Gives insight into Eleanor's childhood, how she overcame personal insecurity, how she coped as a politician's wife, and describes her relationship with her husband, Franklin.Pulitzer PrizeNational Book Award
Subjects: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.; Presidents' spouses; Presidents;
© 2014., W.W. Norton & Co.,
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Mrs. Roosevelt's confidante : a Maggie Hope mystery / by MacNeal, Susan Elia.;
Maggie Hope, travels across the pond to America, where a looming scandal poses a grave threat to the White House and the Allied cause. December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C., along with special agent Maggie Hope. Posing as his typist, she is accompanying the prime minister as he meets with President Roosevelt to negotiate the United States' entry into World War II. When one of the First Lady's aides is mysteriously murdered, Maggie is quickly drawn into Mrs. Roosevelt's inner circle--as ER herself is implicated in the crime. Maggie knows she must keep the investigation quiet, so she employs her unparalleled skills at code breaking and espionage to figure out who would target Mrs. Roosevelt, and why. What Maggie uncovers is a shocking conspiracy that could jeopardize American support for the war and leave the fate of the world hanging dangerously in the balance.
Subjects: Women spies; Cryptographers; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962; World War, 1939-1945;
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Eleanor Roosevelt : transformative first lady / by Beasley, Maurine Hoffman.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-292) and index.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.
Subjects: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.; Presidents' spouses;
© c2010., University Press of Kansas,
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The diamond eye : a novel / by Quinn, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-435)."The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet bookworm who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son--but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper--a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC--until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila's past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons and enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life. Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy stories.; War stories.; Pavlychenko, Li͡udmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962; World War, 1939-1945; Snipers; Women soldiers; Librarians;
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Eleanor : the years alone / by Lash, Joseph P.,1909-1987.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword / Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. -- Champion of her husband's ideals -- The hardest working delegate -- A magna carta for mankind -- Reluctant cold-warrior -- The United Nations and a Jewish homeland -- The 1948 campaign: A new party-not a third party -- Cardinal and former First Lady -- An American phenomenon -- America's best ambassador -- Resignation accepted -- Private citizen again -- "Madly for Adlai" -- Two bosses - Khrushchev and De Sapio -- A new generation takes over -- To the end, courage.
Subjects: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.; Presidents' spouses; Political activists; Leadership;
© 2014., W.W. Norton & Company,
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No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II / by Goodwin, Doris Kearns.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [715]-725) and index.
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.; World War, 1939-1945; Presidents; Presidents' spouses; Politics; United States;
© c1994., Simon & Schuster,
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A sunlit weapon / by Winspear, Jacqueline,1955-author.;
October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire--the fastest fighter aircraft in the world--to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing. Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jo's plane was attacked. At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs. Meanwhile, Maisie's husband, a high-ranking political attaché based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her visit to the Britain. There's already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Mrs. Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American servicemen. To guarantee the safety of the First Lady--and of the soldier being held in police custody--Maisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character); World War, 1939-1945; Murder; Attempted assassination; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962;
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The Roosevelts : an intimate history / by Ward, Geoffrey C.; Burns, Ken,1953-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Get action : 1858-1901 -- In the arena : 1901-1910 -- The fire of life : 1910-1919 -- The storm : 1920-1933 -- The rising road : 1933-1939 -- The common cause : 1939-1944 -- A strong and active faith : 1944-1962.An extraordinarily vivid and personal portrait of America's greatest political family and its enormous impact on our nation--the tie-in volume to the PBS documentary to air in the fall of 2014.
Subjects: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962; Presidents; Presidents' spouses;
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