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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460458603321

Titolo

It seems to me : selected letters of Eleanor Roosevelt / / edited by Leonard C. Schlup and Donald W. Whisenhunt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

0-8131-5788-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

973.917/092

Soggetti

Presidents' spouses - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Letters; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most important women of the 20th Century, Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was also one of its most prolific letter writers. Yet never before has a selection of her letters to public figures, world leaders, and individuals outside her family been made available to general readers and to historians unable to visit the archives at Hyde Park.  It Seems to Me demonstrates Roosevelt's significance as a stateswoman and professional politician, particularly after her husband's death in 1945. These letters reveal a dimension of her personality often lost in collections of letters to family mem