Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?

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For a long time, the main role of First Ladies was to act as hostesses of the White House...until Eleanor Roosevelt.  Born in 1884, Eleanor was not satisfied to just be a glorified hostess for her husband, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  Eleanor had a voice, and she used it to speak up against poverty and racism.  She had experience and knowledge of many issues, and fought for laws to help the less fortunate.  She had passion, energy, and a way of speaking that made people listen, and she used these gifts to campaign for her husband and get him elected president-four times!  A fascinating historical figure in her own right, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the role of First Lady forever.

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Pariseau, Kevin Narrator
Thompson, Gare Author
Wolf, Elizabeth illustrator., ill
ISBN
9780448435107
9780613725637
9780525629344

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Horn Book Review

This look at the first lady is a welcome alternative to the just-the-facts biographies that give no indication that their subject has an interior life. This book explores Roosevelt's character+as informed by her privileged upbringing, mother's inaccessibility, etc.+as much as it examines her public service. Throughout are expressive black-and-white illustrations. Timeline. Bib. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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