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Eleanor Roosevelt : Volume 2 , The Defining Years, 1933-1938
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Eleanor Roosevelt : Volume 2 , The Defining Years, 1933-1938 Paperback - 2000

by Cook, Blanche Wiesen

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In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook profiles the complete Eleanor Roosevelt: an adventurous, romantic woman, devoted wife and mother, and visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands counter to her husband's policies. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a volume for all readers of American history. 32 photos.

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  • Title Eleanor Roosevelt : Volume 2 , The Defining Years, 1933-1938
  • Author Cook, Blanche Wiesen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 736
  • Volumes 2
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York
  • Date 2000-06-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0140178945-4-31362929
  • ISBN 9780140178944 / 0140178945
  • Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.16 x 5.56 x 1.26 in (20.73 x 14.12 x 3.20 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Roosevelt, Eleanor, Presidents' spouses - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00500021
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Summary

Historians, politicians, feminists, critics, and reviewers everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cook's monumental Eleanor Roosevelt as the definitive portrait of this towering female figure of the twentieth century. Now in her long-awaited, majestic second volume, Cook takes readers through the tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt— an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.

From the publisher

Blanche Wiesen Cook is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is senior editor of the Garland Library of War and Peace, author of Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One: 1884-1933 (available from Viking and Penguin), Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution and The Declassified Eisenhower, and is a former vice-president for research at the American Historical Association.

From the rear cover

THE BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA'S MOST COMPELLING, CHARISMATIC, AND VISIONARY FIRST LADY

Feminists, historians, politicians, and critics everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cook's Eleanor Roosevelt as the definitive portrait of the towering female figure of the twentieth century. In her long-awaited second volume, Cook delves into the monumental era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II -- the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and achievements. Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt -- a visionary policy-maker and social activist, a loyal wife, a devoted mother, and a woman who courted romance and adventure. She wrote, she published, she traveled, she lobbied, she joined grassroots organizations and radical communities with a zeal that sparked controversy everywhere.

Intimate, sympathetic, and acute, this is an unparalleled portrait of a woman whose life was filled with passionate commitment and who struggled for personal fulfillment. It is a biography of vibrant scholarship and daring, a book for all readers of American history and politics, and, finally, a book for everyone who cares about a decent future for all people.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/01/2002, Page 1299
  • New York Times, 06/25/2000, Page 28

About the author

Blanche Wiesen Cook is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One: 1884-1933 and Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume Three: 193801962, Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution and The Declassified Eisenhower, and is a former vice-president for research at the American Historical Association.

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