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    The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
    The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
    The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
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    The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt

    Written by Eleanor Roosevelt

    Narrated by Tavia Gilbert

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    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. In the years after FDR's death she became 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 to life through her own words, illuminating the vanished world she grew up, her life with her political husband, and the postwar years when she worked to broaden cooperation and understanding at home and abroad.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateOct 21, 2014
    ISBN9781622315444
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    Eleanor Roosevelt

    <p>Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. She married Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and was the mother of six children. She became First Lady on March 4, 1933, and went on to serve as Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and Representative to the Commission on Human Rights under Harry S. Truman, and chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women under John F. Kennedy. She died on November 7, 1962, at the age of seventy-eight.</p>

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    • 4/5
      Eleanor Roosevelt had a very nice writing style. Her autobiography is very easy to read and quite insightful.I think she was proof that wisdom does come with age. For the time she must have been quite something. She was definitely a woman with an opinion. Reading about all her travels I also find interesting. I like the fact she is quite down to earth and to the point about everything that's included in this book.However, once again I picked up a book about (and this time also by) and American and the anti-communist thing is getting sooooo old. Thankfully we have history after her death to prover her ideas wrong. Also the view of America as world leader is even older and boring! Again, history is proving her wrong.Besides those two things I find this book very interesting and it gives a nice view of the times and her personal development.

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    • 5/5
      A truly remarkable woman. Wonderful writing and insight into this period in world history. The reading was exceptional. Couldn’t put this book down.
    • 2/5
      What a fascinating woman and what a dry, boring book! I must find a biography of Eleanor!