A review by rtwilliams16
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott

4.0

Patricia Bell-Scott's "The Firebrand and the First Lady" was a well-researched book about the friendship between Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt. This book is a great companion to the 2017 biography [b:Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray|31927918|Jane Crow The Life of Pauli Murray|Rosalind Rosenberg|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1493771424s/31927918.jpg|52581508] by Rosalind Rosenberg which I also highly recommend. I would suggest that you read Jane Crow first before this book, so that you can get a full grasp of who Murray is before you read about her friendship with Roosevelt. Murray and Roosevelt's friendship is a small part of the book Jane Crow, Bell-Scott's book goes into more depth. Bell-Scott includes excerpts of letters between the two women which I found fascinating and illuminating. I could really tell that both women admired and respected each other. Overall, the book is a very readable documentation of this important friendship in American history.