Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume 3, The war years and after, 1939-1962
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New York : Viking, [2016].
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xvii, 670 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Wiggin Memorial Library - Biographies & Memoirs
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New York : Viking, [2016].
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Book
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Historians, politicians, critics, and readers everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cooks biography of Eleanor Roosevelt as the essential portrait of a woman who towers over the twentieth century. The long-awaited third and final volume takes us through World War II, FDR's death, the founding of the UN, and Eleanor Roosevelt's death in 1962. It follows the arc of war and the evolution of a marriage, as the first lady realized the cost of maintaining her principles even as the country and her husband were not prepared to adopt them. Eleanor Roosevelt continued to struggle for her core issues -- economic security, New Deal reforms, racial equality, and rescue when they were sidelined by FDR while he marshaled the country through war. The chasm between Eleanor and Franklin grew, and the strains on their relationship were as political as they were personal. She also had to negotiate the fractures in the close circle of influential women around her at Val-Kill, but through it she gained confidence in her own vision, even when forced to amend her agenda when her beliefs clashed with government policies on such issues as neutrality, refugees, and eventually the threat of communism. These years -- the war years -- made Eleanor Roosevelt the woman she became: leader, visionary, guiding light. FDR's death in 1945 changed her world, but she was far from finished, returning to the spotlight as a crucial player in the founding of the United Nations.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cook, B. W. (2016). Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume 3, The war years and after, 1939-1962 . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cook, Blanche Wiesen. 2016. Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume 3, The War Years and After, 1939-1962. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cook, Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume 3, The War Years and After, 1939-1962 Viking, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cook, Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt. Volume 3, The War Years and After, 1939-1962 Viking, 2016.
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