Nancy Woloch is a professor of women's history and the history of education at Barnard College and Columbia University. She is also the author of Women and the American Experience, A Class By Herself: Protective Laws for Women Workers, 1890-1990s, and The American Century: A History of the United States Since the 1890s to name a few.
"Always wise - often refreshingly warm and witty - these excerpts
from Eleanor Roosevelt's published writings, speeches, and letters
offer fresh insight into her own troubled times and a welcome tonic
for our own."--ELLEN CHESLER, senior fellow at the Roosevelt
Institute
"An exhilarating, insightful, and timely introduction to Eleanor
Roosevelt, her life, ideas, and the actions she took to change the
course of politics and history."--LIZ ABZUG, founder and president
of the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute
"Eleanor Roosevelt never goes out of style. One of the 20th
century's most admired public figures, her words still speak to us
today. Thanks to Nancy Woloch's richly evocative compilation,
Eleanor Roosevelt can serve as a role model for future generations
as well."--SUSAN WARE, general editor of American National
Biography and author of Beyond Suffrage: Women in the New Deal
"Eleanor Roosevelt's words and vision are urgently needed now! In
this splendidly illustrated collection, the highlights of her many
writings enable us to go shoulder-to-shoulder with ER into this
embattled moment: hearts open, fists high."--BLANCHE WIESEN COOK,
distinguished professor at John Jay College and author of a
prize-winning three-volume biography of Elanor Roosevelt.
"Framed by Nancy Woloch's beautifully crafted introduction and
commentary, these selections from Eleanor Roosevelt's writings
speak to us with fresh force."--ROSALIND ROSENBERG, author of Jane
Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray
"Woloch has performed a needed service in these days of ugly
political theater. This work shows how Roosevelt used public
communication to challenge the status quo with a clear message of
morality, good will, and common decency as vital today as it was in
her era."--MAURINE BEASLEY, author Eleanor Roosevelt:
Transformative First Lady
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