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Cook, Blanche Wiesen, author.

Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume 1, The early years, 1884-1933 / Blanche Wiesen Cook.

New York : Penguin, 1993.

©1992

xviii, 587 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

This landmark biography provides a compelling new evaluation of one of the most inspiring women in American political history. Celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians, and reviewers everywhere, it presents an unprecedented portrait of a brave, fierce, passionate political lerader of our century.

Eleanor Roosevelt ; 1

Cook, Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt ; 1.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.

Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

Presidents' spouses.

Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

Women -- United States -- Biography.

United States.

Biographies.

Biography.

Biographies.

Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1933

Volume 1 of 3.

First published by Viking Penguin in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ancestry and heritage -- Elliott and Anna -- Childhood of tears and loss -- Years of dreams and longing -- Allenswood and Marie Souvestre -- Coming out and courting -- Franklin and me, and Sara makes three -- Eleanor Roosevelt, political wife -- Roosevelts in Wilson's Washington -- 1919-20: Race riots and red scare, grief and renewal -- Campaign of 1920 and Louis Howe -- ER and the new women of the 1920s: Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read, first feminist friends -- Convalescence, maritial unity, and separate spheres: Polio, Val-Kill, and Warm Springs -- ER, political boss -- New York's first lady, part-time -- Teaching and Todhunter -- ER at forty-five -- Earl Miller: Champion of her own -- Assignment ER: Lorena Hidkok and the 1932 campaign -- First lady's first friend -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

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