My Day

My Day
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786731400

"I think Eleanor Roosevelt has so gripped the imagination of this moment because we need her and her vision so completely. . . . She's perfect for us as we enter the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt is a loud and profound voice for people who want to change the world." -- Blanche Wiesen Cook Named "Woman of the Century" in a survey conducted by the National Women's Hall of Fame, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote her hugely popular syndicated column "My Day" for over a quarter of that century, from 1936 to 1962. This collection brings together for the first time in a single volume the most memorable of those columns, written with singular wit, elegance, compassion, and insight -- everything from her personal perspectives on the New Deal and World War II to the painstaking diplomacy required of her as chair of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights after the war to the joys of gardening at her beloved Hyde Park home. To quote Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., "What a remarkable woman she was! These sprightly and touching selections from Eleanor Roosevelt's famous column evoke an extraordinary personality." "My Day reminds us how great a woman she was." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Defining Americans

Defining Americans
Author: Mary E. Stuckey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Ranging broadly from Andrew Jackson to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Stuckey demonstrates how presidents accomplish the dual enactment of inclusion and exclusion through their rhetorical and political choices. Our early leaders were preoccupied with balancing the growing nation; later presidents were concerned with the nature and definitions of citizenship. By examining the political speeches of presidents exemplifying distinctly different circumstances, she presents a series of snapshots which, when taken together, reveal both the continuity and the changes in our national self-understanding.

The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945

The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945
Author: Richard D. Polenberg
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2000-01-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1319242669

The era of Franklin D.Roosevelt and the New Deal was a time of depression and despair, economic rebirth and renewal, and mobilization for a war in both the East and the West. Richard Polenberg's introduction to this new volume provides an engaging historical and biographical overview of the period by focusing on one of its key actors. The biographical introduction is followed by over 45 topically arranged primary sources that provide students with a rich context in which to understand FDR's multifaceted role as president, reformer, policymaker, and commander-in-chief. The readings thoroughly cover issues of race and ethnicity, profile First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and explore the New Deal's transformative agencies for their economic and social ramifications and the constitutional revolution they triggered. A chronology, questions for consideration, a selected bibliography, and an index are also provided.

Thirty-Six Years in the White House

Thirty-Six Years in the White House
Author: Thomas F. Pendel
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2008
Genre: Presidents
ISBN: 1557099235

The autobiographical story of the White House doorkeeper from the Lincoln presidency to the administration of Theodore Roosevelt.

Roosevelt and Howe

Roosevelt and Howe
Author: Alfred B. Rollins (jr.)
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 534
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 9781412833448

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The human rights years, 1949-1952

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The human rights years, 1949-1952
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1216
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Volume 1 chronicles Eleanor Roosevelt's development as diplomat, politician, and journalist in the years 1945-1948. It is filled with original writings and speeches that have been annotated and made easily accessible through a comprehensive index. This is part of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project as the first of a five-volume set covering the years 1945-1962.

The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2022-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt" (Radio Addresses to the American People Broadcast Between 1933 and 1944) by Franklin D. Roosevelt. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

U.S. History

U.S. History
Author: P. Scott Corbett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1886
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN:

U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.