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On My Own
The Years Since The White House.
Hardcover, 234 pages
Published
1958
by Harper and Brothers
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Read the three chapters re: her work with the UN.
Ch. V With the UN in London: Learning the Ropes
Ch. VIII "My Most Important Task" The Human Rights Commission
Ch. IX The Paris Sessions: Successes and Some Failures
Only 4 stars b/c I wish she had written more!
Ch. V With the UN in London: Learning the Ropes
Ch. VIII "My Most Important Task" The Human Rights Commission
Ch. IX The Paris Sessions: Successes and Some Failures
Only 4 stars b/c I wish she had written more!
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Reading this book was like sitting on Mrs. Roosevelt's couch, visiting over Roastaroma tea and milk as I received counsel, inspiration, correction, disagreement, delight, and admiration of this remarkable political figure, woman, mother.
Reading this book was like sitting on Mrs. Roosevelt's couch, visiting over Roastaroma tea and milk as I received counsel, inspiration, correction, disagreement, delight, and admiration of this remarkable political figure, woman, mother.
This memoir of Eleanor's work with the UN is just a glimpse of her extraordinary life, albeit a very inspiring one . Eleanor is one of my heroes- and yes this book is a good example of why.
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as taking a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, she continued to be an internationally prominent author and speaker for the New Deal coalition...more
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