Eleanor Roosevelt
Subtitle: transformative first lady
By: Maurine H. Beasley
Series: Modern first ladies; Modern first ladies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lawrence, KS
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780700617272
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents' spouses; Biography
Description: Presiding in the White House longer than any other first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt championed the downtrodden as she traveled the globe, yet she was a maze of contradictions--an idealist who carried on a moneymaking career that depended on her position and a conventional-appearing wife and mother who found emotional succor from intense relationships outside her family. This book cuts through those contradictions to reveal how Eleanor operated, both in and out of public view, to advance the causes in which she believed by participating in the political process.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Finding a place; title: Launching a career; title: Merging the personal and the political; title: Claiming the public stage; title: Reaching the dispossessed; title: Backing the war effort; title: Visionary for the world; title: Modeling political leadership.