{"product_id":"eleanor-roosevelt-volume-2-isbn-9780140178944","title":"Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. \"Engrossing\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements.     In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt—an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.Eleanor Roosevelt Volume 2       Preface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Becoming First Lady\u003cbr\u003e2. Public and Private Domains\u003cbr\u003e3. ER's Revenge: Henrietta Nesbit, Head Housekeeper\u003cbr\u003e4. Mobilizing the Women's Network: Friendships, Press Conferences, Patronage\u003cbr\u003e5. ER's New Deal for Women\u003cbr\u003e6. Family Discord and the London Economic Conference\u003cbr\u003e7. Private Times and Reports from Germany\u003cbr\u003e8. Creating a New Community\u003cbr\u003e9. The Quest for Racial Justice\u003cbr\u003e10. The Crusade to End Lynching\u003cbr\u003e11. Private Friendship, Public Time\u003cbr\u003e12. Negotiating the Political Rapids\u003cbr\u003e13. 1935: Promises and Compromises\u003cbr\u003e14. The Victories of Summer, 1935\u003cbr\u003e15: Mobilizing for New Action\u003cbr\u003e16: A Silence Beyond Repair\u003cbr\u003e17: Red Scare and Campaign Strategies, 1936\u003cbr\u003e18: The Roosevelt Hearth, After Howe\u003cbr\u003e19: The Election of 1936\u003cbr\u003e20: Postelection Missions\u003cbr\u003e21: Second Chance for the New Deal\u003cbr\u003e22: 1937: To Build a New Movement\u003cbr\u003e23: A First Lady's Survival: Work and Run\u003cbr\u003e24: This Is My Story\u003cbr\u003e25: This Troubled World, 1938\u003cbr\u003e26: Race Radicals, Youth and Hope\u003cbr\u003e27: Storms on Every Front\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Sources and Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\"Irresistibly readable...Cook's portrait of a woman in the thick of  things during the hardest of times will stand as definitive.\"  --Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cook gets at the tender, sprightly creature behind the starchy, strident image.\"--Maureen Dowd, New York Times Book Review.\u003cb\u003eBlanche Wiesen Cook\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eEleanor Roosevelt, Volume One: 1884-1933  \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eEleanor Roosevelt, Volume Three: 193801962, Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Declassified Eisenhower\u003c\/b\u003e, and is a former vice-president for research at the American Historical Association.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304554942693,"sku":"NP9780140178944","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140178944.jpg?v=1767726135","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/eleanor-roosevelt-volume-2-isbn-9780140178944","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}