LEADER 03170nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910813297803321 005 20230207230122.0 010 $a979-88-908733-0-9 010 $a0-8078-6126-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000746916 035 $a(EBL)427119 035 $a(OCoLC)476268436 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000135502 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000135502 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10058535 035 $a(PQKB)10968096 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL427119 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC427119 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000746916 100 $a20020424d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDear Mrs. Roosevelt $eletters from children of the Great Depression /$fedited by Robert Cohen 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-2747-9 311 $a0-8078-5413-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-260) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Ill-Clothed, Ill-Housed, Ill-Fed; Chapter 2. Education; Chapter 3. Social Life; Chapter 4. Minorities; Epilogue: Responses to the Letters; Notes and Sources; Index 330 $aImpoverished young Americans had no greater champion during the Depression than Eleanor Roosevelt. As First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt used her newspaper columns and radio broadcasts to crusade for expanded federal aid to poor children and teens. She was the most visible spokesperson for the National Youth Administration, the New Deal's central agency for aiding needy youths, and she was adamant in insisting that federal aid to young people be administered without discrimination so that it reached blacks as well as whites, girls as well as boys.This activism made Mrs. Roosevelt a beloved fig 606 $aPresidents' spouses$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 606 $aChildren$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 606 $aPoor children$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 606 $aDepressions$y1929$zUnited States$vPersonal narratives 606 $aChildren$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century$vSources 606 $aChildren's writings, American 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1933-1945$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945$vSources 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1933-1945$vSources 615 0$aPresidents' spouses 615 0$aChildren 615 0$aPoor children 615 0$aDepressions 615 0$aChildren$xSocial conditions 615 0$aChildren's writings, American. 676 $a362.7097309043 676 $a973.917/092 B 701 $aCohen$b Robert$f1955 May 21-$01603842 701 $aRoosevelt$b Eleanor$f1884-1962.$0470808 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813297803321 996 $aDear Mrs. Roosevelt$94048001 997 $aUNINA