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Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor biographer, on:

Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall
Eleanor's father, Elliot Roosevelt
life at Grandmother Hall's house
Eleanor's popularity at Allenswood
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin's affair with Lucy Mercer
Eleanor as a mother
Eleanor's new world
Eleanor's relationship with Lorena Hickok
Eleanor as First Lady
Arthurdale


Vernon Jarrett, writer, on

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being African American in the 1930s
the Marian Anderson concert
a friend in the White House
racism in the U.S. during World War II
FDR's popularity amongst blacks
the Detroit race riots
Eleanor's commitment to African Americans
Eleanor's legacy


Nina Roosevelt Gibson, Eleanor's granddaughter, on
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Eleanor's family of privilege
Franklin's attraction to Eleanor
Franklin's social interests
Eleanor and Franklin's children
Eleanor's mother-in-law, Sara Delano Roosevelt
coping with Franklin's polio
the children's troubles in later years
what her grandmother meant to her


William Rusher, Son of Landon supporters, on
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the political partnership of Franklin and Eleanor
FDR, Eleanor and civil rights
Eleanor's writing
Eleanor's social conscience
admirers and detractors
investigations of Communism
Eleanor's work at the UN
the Japanese internment
Eleanor's legacy




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