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My Day

Eleanor Roosevelt's legendary diary to the nation, My Day, is collected here for the first time. Her historic syndicated columns, which appeared in newspapers across the country for twentysix years, were the perfect forum for the First Lady's shrewd wit and abundant compassion. In this volume, which spans the tumultuous time from 1936 through 1945, we get a fascinating glimpse into her social and poitical life as the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a first-hand look, through the eyes of a keen observer, at the events that changed the world: Witness the New Deal era, when people lived on $5 per week, tuition to college cost just $200 and people older than thirty-five were over the hill. Share the White House gossip, including stories about celebrated visitors such as Jean Harlow, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Winston Churchill, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Understand the reluctance of the country to go to war, and witness the deprivation and despair it caused. Follow the First Lady as she traverses the globe, from Buckingham Palace to the graveyards of Guadalcanal. And share her personal triumphs and tragedies--her granddaughter's birth, the wounding of her son in the Mediterranean, and her grief over FDR's death. These columns, along with the brief historical preludes that enhance our understanding of the period, offer us new insight into Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman of true moreal courage and imagination, the "First Lady of the World."

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