{"product_id":"eleanor-roosevelt-volume-one-1884-1933-9780140094602","title":"Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884-1933","description":"The first volume in the life of America's greatest First Lady, \"a woman who changed the lives of millions\" (Washington Post). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Roosevelt, Vol. Three: 1938-1962\u003c\/b\u003e, will be published in November 2016. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great men and women of her times. This volume covers ER's family and birth, her childhood, education, and marriage, and ends with FDR's election to the Presidency--the years of ER's youth and coming of age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated by feminists, historians, politicians, and reviewers everywhere, Cook's trilogy is an unprecedented portrait of a brave, fierce, passionate political leader of our century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlanche Wiesen Cook\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eEleanor Roosevelt: Volume Two: 1933-1938 \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eEleanor Roosevelt: Volume Three, 1938-1962, Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Declassified Eisenhower\u003c\/b\u003e, and is a former vice-president for research at the American Historical Association.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565393678610,"sku":"9780140094602","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28dc5bda-7f61-415a-ad81-61b56b08a02e.jpg?v=1731885494","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/eleanor-roosevelt-volume-one-1884-1933-9780140094602","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}