Eleanor Roosevelt: Transformative First Lady

by Maurine Beasley and Maurine H. Beasley

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617272
• ISBN13: 9780700617272
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"