A volume of friendship
Subtitle: the letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway, 1904-1953
By: edited by Kristie Miller and Robert H. McGinnis ; preface by Blanche Wiesen Cook.
Contributors: King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953.; Miller, Kristie, 1944-; McGinnis, Robert H.; Arizona Historical Society.
Publisher: Arizona Historical Society
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780910037501
Subjects: Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Correspondence; King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953 -- Correspondence; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Correspondence
Genres: Correspondence
Description: In these intimate letters, Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway chronicle a fifty-year friendship dating back to their school days at the beginning of the twentieth century. They share family concerns, discuss national and world affairs, support each other in times of personal tragedy, and chart their respective political careers--Roosevelt as a social reformer and first lady and Greenway as Arizona's first congresswoman. Kristie Miller's and Robert McGinnis's astute analysis and insightful commentary enable scholars and general readers to view this remarkable correspondence against the backdrop of state and national politics, the Depression and New Deal, and the changing roles of women in American society. -- publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.