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This collection of letters, daily newspaper columns, radio shows, speeches, manuscripts, and photographs paints an intimate portrait of America's original 'nasty woman.'Eleanor Roosevelt is considered by many to be the most fascinating, accomplished, and admired woman in American history. While she is best known as a politician, diplomat, humanitarian, UN delegate, activist, feminist, and First Lady she was also a prolific reporter and writer who changed the role of women in government. She wrote twenty-seven books, more than 8,000 columns, and delivered more than 75 speeches a year.Organized into sections like by sections like Becoming Eleanor; Women, Work, & Politics, and The UN and Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt: In Her Words collects the most fascinating writing from her life--much of which is just as relevant today as it was decades ago.
