A review by ljrinaldi
Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice: Her Impact on the Civil Rights Movement, the White House, and the World, by Ilene Cooper
4.0
My mother, who grew up in the Depression, idealized FDR. She instilled that in me as well. FDR could do no wrong. He ended the Depression, he lead the US through WWII. Praise, Praise, Praise.
But, she never talked about Eleanor Roosevelt.
I knew about Eleanor, for her work after FDR died, her work with the UN, but this book is following her work for Civil Rights, which I was unaware of. The author uses a lot of background information, siting sources through out, from her autobiography, to her columns, from other books about her, to letters written to her and from her.
Very easy to read. A good introduction to an amazing woman, and the work she did pushing for civil rights, including integrating the army during World War II.
Oddly, even though FDR's affair is touched on, nothing is said about the relationship Eleanor had with her press secretary. It is sort of how biographies talked about Tove Jansson, without mentioning her wife.
And one other problem I had with this book, which is a minor one, is that it says that World War II began with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as though the rest of the world was playing tiddly sticks the rest of the time.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
But, she never talked about Eleanor Roosevelt.
I knew about Eleanor, for her work after FDR died, her work with the UN, but this book is following her work for Civil Rights, which I was unaware of. The author uses a lot of background information, siting sources through out, from her autobiography, to her columns, from other books about her, to letters written to her and from her.
Very easy to read. A good introduction to an amazing woman, and the work she did pushing for civil rights, including integrating the army during World War II.
Oddly, even though FDR's affair is touched on, nothing is said about the relationship Eleanor had with her press secretary. It is sort of how biographies talked about Tove Jansson, without mentioning her wife.
And one other problem I had with this book, which is a minor one, is that it says that World War II began with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as though the rest of the world was playing tiddly sticks the rest of the time.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.