Eleanor Roosevelt : a life of discovery / Russell Freedman

By: Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018 [author]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Clarion Books, 1993Description: 198 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0899198627; 9780899198620; 0395845203; 9780395845202; 9781435286030; 1435286030; 9780758702609; 0758702604; 9780329013509; 0329013505Subject(s): Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Juvenile literature | Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 | Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Juvenile literature | Presidents' spouses -- United States | First ladies | Presidents -- Spouses | Newbery honor booksGenre/Form: Young adult nonfiction | Curriculum resource | Biographies. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Eleanor Roosevelt.DDC classification: 973.917/092 | B LOC classification: E807.1.R48 | F74 1993
Contents:
First lady -- Poor little rich girl -- Mademoiselle Souvestre -- Cousin Franklin -- Conventional society matron -- The education of Eleanor Roosevelt -- Friendship and politics -- A President's wife -- Partners -- The war years -- On her own
Awards: Newbery Honor Book, 1994 | Boston Globe-Horn book award for nonfiction | Golden Kite award for nonfiction | ALA notable book | YALSA best book for young adults | Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, 1994Review: A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191) and index

First lady -- Poor little rich girl -- Mademoiselle Souvestre -- Cousin Franklin -- Conventional society matron -- The education of Eleanor Roosevelt -- Friendship and politics -- A President's wife -- Partners -- The war years -- On her own

A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II

Accelerated Reader MG 7.8 6.0 8464

Reading Counts RC: W: 8.5 L1100: 9

Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.8 6.0 8464

Newbery Honor Book, 1994

Boston Globe-Horn book award for nonfiction

Golden Kite award for nonfiction

ALA notable book

YALSA best book for young adults

Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, 1994

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