Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of DiscoveryA photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. |
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Junior League members gave fund - raising parties to help finance the settlement houses , but a few debutantes wanted to do more than simply raise money . They volunteered for active work in the slums . Eleanor decided to join this ...
Junior League members gave fund - raising parties to help finance the settlement houses , but a few debutantes wanted to do more than simply raise money . They volunteered for active work in the slums . Eleanor decided to join this ...
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At Sara's insistence , Eleanor gave up her volunteer work . Her motherin - law told her that “ I had no right to go into the slums or into the hospitals , for fear of bringing diseases home to my children .
At Sara's insistence , Eleanor gave up her volunteer work . Her motherin - law told her that “ I had no right to go into the slums or into the hospitals , for fear of bringing diseases home to my children .
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Mr. Howe came in and tried to find out what the matter was , but he gave it up as a bad job . The two little boys went off to bed and I sat on the sofa in the sitting room and sobbed and sobbed . . . . Finally I found an empty room in ...
Mr. Howe came in and tried to find out what the matter was , but he gave it up as a bad job . The two little boys went off to bed and I sat on the sofa in the sitting room and sobbed and sobbed . . . . Finally I found an empty room in ...
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Avis d'utilisateur - KirkusA timid child from a dysfunctional family, Eleanor Roosevelt became a courageous woman whose career was propelled by a series of devastating events: FDR's polio, his relationship with Lucy Mercer, his ... Consulter l'avis complet
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First Lady | 1 |
Mademoiselle Souvestre | 23 |
Cousin Franklin | 37 |
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Leveled readers collection |
| Auteur | Russell Freedman |
| Éditeur | Scholastic, Incorporated, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0590489097, 9780590489096 |
| Longueur | 197 pages |
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