Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of DiscoveryA photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. |
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She spent so much time arranging her calling list , answering and sending invitations , that she finally hired a social secretary , a vivacious young woman named Lucy Mercer . Lucy became a friend of the family .
She spent so much time arranging her calling list , answering and sending invitations , that she finally hired a social secretary , a vivacious young woman named Lucy Mercer . Lucy became a friend of the family .
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Finally a specialist came up from Newport , Rhode Island . The diagnosis was alarming . Franklin had been stricken with polio - infantile paralysis . He was paralyzed from the waist down . At the time , there was no vaccine for polio ...
Finally a specialist came up from Newport , Rhode Island . The diagnosis was alarming . Franklin had been stricken with polio - infantile paralysis . He was paralyzed from the waist down . At the time , there was no vaccine for polio ...
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Until it finally closed during the Great Depression , the factory hired local people to craft handmade reproductions of early American pieces . Marion Dickerman was a teacher and vice - principal at the Todhunter School in Manhattan ...
Until it finally closed during the Great Depression , the factory hired local people to craft handmade reproductions of early American pieces . Marion Dickerman was a teacher and vice - principal at the Todhunter School in Manhattan ...
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Avis d'utilisateur - michelle.smith - LibraryThingThis biography about Eleanor Roosevelt was written in an inspiring format. I could picture in my head all the events listed withiin the covers of this book. She had a hard life dealing with the ... Consulter l'avis complet
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A Life of Discovery
Avis d'utilisateur - KirkusA timid child from a dysfunctional family, Eleanor Roosevelt became a courageous woman whose career was propelled by a series of devastating events: FDR's polio, his relationship with Lucy Mercer, his ... Consulter l'avis complet
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First Lady | 1 |
Mademoiselle Souvestre | 23 |
Cousin Franklin | 37 |
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