| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xii, 224 pages : illustrations, plates, photographs ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Gilded Age in New York City -- New York, New York -- The hard years -- The making of a heroine -- The dream of love -- Wife and mother -- Victorian restraint, upended -- Bohemians and prohibition in the Village -- Eleanor in Greenwich Village -- Polio strikes -- Franklin and Eleanor, the years apart -- J. Edgar Hoover in the Village -- Finding her own way -- The Governor's Mansion -- Eleanor Roosevelt's erotic relationship -- Eleanor as First Lady -- Eleanor and Joseph Lash -- J. Edgar Hoover takes on Eleanor -- The death of the President -- Without Franklin -- Eleanor and John F. Kennedy -- The first feminist. |
| Summary |
Documents the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's abrupt relocation to Greenwich Village in 1920, discussing her motivations and how her time there influenced her perception of herself and shaped her progressive political views. |
| Subject |
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates.
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Homes and haunts -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| Subject(S) |
Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Anecdotes.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Nineteen twenties.
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Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
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Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Biographies.
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Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
9781501198151 (hardcover) |
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1501198157 (hardcover) |
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