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Date Posted: 19:54:33 06/11/09 Thu
Author: Lemora
Subject: Eleanor Roosevelt Vol.1, and 'The Defining Years' Vol. 2, by Blanche Wiesen Cook

Has anyone else read these? I know, I'm almost the lone biography enthusiast around here, but I found this portrait of the early 20th century progressive women in Eleanor Roosevelt's circle fascinating. I especially loved reading about how she rebuilt her life in the 1920's, emerging from the shadows of her husband and formidable battle axe of a mother-in-law. (Anyone who enjoyed the TV movie about women's sufferage and the fight for the right to vote, with Hilary Swank playing Alice Paul and Angelica Huston playing Carrie Chapman Catt would love these books.) Normally, I find politics and politicians about as appetizing as arsenic, but I found this interweaving of ER's personal history with the New Deal era, and her part in it, fascinating. Note: BWC departs from the conventional wisdom about ER and FDR's marriage after she found Lucy Mercer's letters; and she explores the woman behind the image. (The older I get, the more I'm drawn to non-fiction, and less so to fiction. Does anyone else feel that way?) I'd like to know what others think about these books.

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