| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-03-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 298 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
'This vital study reconstructs Eleanor Roosevelt's role as a major power broker from 1945 until her death in 1962....[ Roosevelt's + principled stand for low-cost and public housing, affirmative action, regulation of corporations, U.S. support for the United Nations--key planks in the liberal agenda under siege today--makes this a timely reassessment.'--Publishers Weekly
Industry Reviews
"Black makes a very good case that Eleanor Roosevelt was an accomplished politician, who understood how to use committees, organizations, newspaper columns, the well-placed telephone call to the right person."
Davis
"A most important book, written with verve and filled with new information. The issues discussed here are the most urgent issues of our time: human rights and racial justice; civil liberties and political repression; affordable housing, health care, and education; war and peace. Eleanor Roosevelt's vision remains a beacon of hope in our mean and controversial time, and this book vividly presents the dramatic and enduring challenge of her boldly liberal vision.<BR><BR>"Allida Black's splendid research fortifies this compelling, heroic story. Everyone interested in the ongoing battles of the 20th century, everyone concerned about women and power, biography and history, politics and the future, will want to read this book."
Publisher's Catalog - Blanche Wiesen Cook
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