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 … 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 would eventually become 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, this inspiring, controversial, and outspoken leader would become 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 into focus through her own words, illuminating the vanished world she grew up, her life with her political husband, and the post-war years when she worked to broaden cooperation and understanding at home and abroad.
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt includes 16 pages of black-and-white photos.
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The growth of a woman into a world figure.
Eleanor, though glossing over much, provides the reader with a look at her hectic life as the help mate of her rising politician husband. She explains Franklin’s crippling polio but is never maudlin in telling how his care as well as keeping her children in order and coping with politicos was quite a strain. Eleanor went from a timid creature to a …
As much as I admired her, I thought it was too detailed and got to be really boring to read. Did not finish it.
Couldn’t finish this book. I tried a couple times and it just didn’t grab my interest.
Full of history.
Shows a woman terribly wounded that triumphed as well as loved life deeply! Incredible woman!
A great and honest insight into the life a brave, heroic woman.
— Dick DePugh
While the lifestyle appeared trite, it did remind me of the impact the women’s movement has influenced the opportunities for women.
I had no idea that Eleanor Roosevelt had done so much–traveling all over the world on behalf of the U.S. and her husband, writing daily columns for many years, visiting injured and deployed soldiers, and hosting hundreds of heads of state. And that was only part of her schedule. There is no mention, however, of her very close friend nor really …
Mrs.Mrs Roosevelt lived through so much interesting world history. Her account was an eye witness look into this fascinating time.
Learning about Eleanor Roosevelt’s life was very interesting. Not having lived in her time I found it hard to keep track of all the people she talked about, i.e., politicians, society.
This book is a great accompaniement to Ken Burns “The Roosevelts”. Eleanor’s trajectory gets lost in all the well deserved hullabalou around FDR.
Her observations on Russias indroctranation of its youth is fascinating.
Great bio of a major (& underrated) historic figure.
I had wanted to read a book about Eleanor Roosevelt for some time. The first part was interesting about her early life but it became a little boring once she and Franklin married. She seemed to be a well-off, privileged woman shuffling between events and homes and sending her boys off to boarding school. When I got to the part after Franklin …
This was hard to read at times jumps back and forth hard to follow
The book is written as if Eleanor wrote the book. The first half before Franklin died is very good and tells some great history. But after Franklin dies the book really drags telling what Eleanor did with her life after Franklin dealth.
Loved this book
I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING MRS. ROOSEVELT WHEN I WAS 15 AND THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY CAPTURES HER COMPASSION, WISDOM AND RARE INTELLIGENCE. I RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY.
What an incredible memory she had. Growing up privileged yet cared more
for the average and the downtrodden alike. This autobiography should be
compulsory reading for those in high school capable of digesting all she
stood for and believed and fought for. It was the most inspiring
autobiography I have ever read.