Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of DiscoveryA photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. |
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League , an organization of wealthy young society women who " were anxious to do something helpful in the city in which we lived . ” One of the League's projects was to assist the settlement houses that offered classes and recreation in ...
League , an organization of wealthy young society women who " were anxious to do something helpful in the city in which we lived . ” One of the League's projects was to assist the settlement houses that offered classes and recreation in ...
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Soon she enrolled in another reform group , the Consumers League , which was investigating working conditions among young female wage earners . The only working women Eleanor had ever met before were maids , cooks , and washerwomen at ...
Soon she enrolled in another reform group , the Consumers League , which was investigating working conditions among young female wage earners . The only working women Eleanor had ever met before were maids , cooks , and washerwomen at ...
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Republican Warren Harding was elected president , and American membership in the League of Nations became a dead issue . For the first time in a decade , Franklin Roosevelt was out of public life . He and Eleanor moved back to New York ...
Republican Warren Harding was elected president , and American membership in the League of Nations became a dead issue . For the first time in a decade , Franklin Roosevelt was out of public life . He and Eleanor moved back to New York ...
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Avis d'utilisateur - michelle.smith - LibraryThingThis biography about Eleanor Roosevelt was written in an inspiring format. I could picture in my head all the events listed withiin the covers of this book. She had a hard life dealing with the ... Consulter l'avis complet
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A Life of Discovery
Avis d'utilisateur - KirkusA timid child from a dysfunctional family, Eleanor Roosevelt became a courageous woman whose career was propelled by a series of devastating events: FDR's polio, his relationship with Lucy Mercer, his ... Consulter l'avis complet
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First Lady | 1 |
Mademoiselle Souvestre | 23 |
Cousin Franklin | 37 |
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