Eleanor Roosevelt was say ahead of her time and in fact way ahead of our time. Her comments and observations are incredibly timely and incredibly right on. If we as a country had listened to her and had been moved to action by her observations, I believe the world would be a whole lot better off than it is now and certainly the United States of American would be. Everyone should read this book. Greg Mortenson practices mucch of what Mrs. Roosevelt recommended and his work is paying off in Pakistan and Afganistan- something I really can't say about the work of the U.S. there.

At the end of her book, she "was struck by the fact that some of the young Harvard graduates working in Tanganyika with the bush people came to have great respect" for traditional ceremonies there. The Tanganyikans "had to ask you about all your family and you had to reciprocate." Sound familiar? In Greg Mortenson's book he makes the observation that perhaps the U.S. Military should make those traditions (sharing 3 cups of tea) part of the U.S. decision making when the U.S. is deciding to bomb or send drones to various parts of Afganistan.

Read this book!