Bibliography: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
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| Author | Title |
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Asbell, Bernard, ed. |
Mother and Daughter: The Letters of Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1982. |
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Angelo, Bonnie |
First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives. William Morrow, 2005. |
| Arsenault, Raymond |
The Sound of Freedom : Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert that Awakened America. Bloomsbury Press, 2009. |
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Ayres, Alex, ed. |
The Wit and Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt, an A-Z Compendium of Quotations. Meridian, 1996. |
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Beasley, Maurine |
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Media: A Public Quest for Self-fulfillment. University of Illinois Press, 1987.
White House Press Conferences of Eleanor Roosevelt. Garland, 1983. |
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Beasley, Maurine, et. al. |
The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press, 2001. |
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Berger, Jason |
A New Deal for the World: Eleanor Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy. Columbia University Press, 1981. |
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Black, Allida M. |
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. Thomson Gale, 2007.
Casting Her Own Shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Postwar Liberalism. Columbia University Press, 1996.
Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt. Columbia University Press, 1999.
What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt. Carlson Publishing, 1995.
Eleanor Roosevelt. Carlson Publishing, 1995. |
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Black, Ruby |
Eleanor Roosevelt, a Biography. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. |
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Burns, James MacGregor |
The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. |
| Burns, Lisa M. |
First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of Presidential Wives. Northern Illinois University Press, 2008. |
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Butturff, Dorothy Dow |
Eleanor Roosevelt, An Eager Spirit: The Letters of Dorothy Dow, 1933-1945. W.W. Norton, 1984. |
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Cain, Richard |
Eleanor Roosevelt's Valkill. Arcadia, 2002. |
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Caroli, Betty B. |
The Roosevelt Women: A Portrait in Five Generations. Basic Books, 1998. |
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Chadakoff, Rochelle, ed. |
Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day. Pharos Books, 1989-1991. (3 volumes) |
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Cohen, Robert, ed. |
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression. University of North Carolina Press, 2002. |
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Cook, Blanche Wiesen |
Eleanor Roosevelt Viking, 1992-1999. v. 1. 1884-1933. v. 2. 1933-1938. |
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Curtis, Sandra R. |
Alice and Eleanor: A Contrast in Style and Purpose. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1994. |
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Davis, Kenneth S. |
Invincible Summer: An Intimate Portrait of the Roosevelts. Atheneum, 1974. |
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Donn, Linda |
The Roosevelt Cousins: Growing Up Together, 1882-1924. Knopf, 2001. |
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Douglas, Helen G. |
The Eleanor Roosevelt We Remember. Hill and Wang, 1963. |
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Eaton, Jeanette |
The Story of Eleanor Roosevelt. Morrow, 1956. |
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Edens, John, ed. |
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Greenwood Press, 1994. |
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Flemion, Jess and Colleen M. O'Connor |
Eleanor Roosevelt: An American Journey. San Diego State University Press, 1987. |
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Gerber, Robin |
Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage. Prentice Hall Press, 2003. |
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Ghee, Joyce and Joan Spence |
Eleanor Roosevelt: A HudsonValley Remembrance. Arcadia, 2005. |
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Glendon, Mary Ann |
A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Random House, 2001. |
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Goodwin, Doris Kearns |
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. Simon & Schuster, 1994. |
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Gurewitsch, A. David |
Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Day, a Personal Album. Quandrangle, 1974. |
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Gurewitsch, Edna Perkel |
Kindred Souls: The Devoted Friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt andDavid Gurewitsch. Penguin, 2003. |
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Hareven, Tamara K |
Eleanor Roosevelt: An American Conscience. Quadrangle Books, 1968 |
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Harrity, Richard |
Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Life in Pictures. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1958. |
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Hershan, Stella K. |
The Candles She Lit: The Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt. Praeger,1993.
A Woman of Quality. Crown Publishers, 1970. |
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Hickok, Lorena |
Eleanor Roosevelt, Reluctant First Lady. Dodd, Mead, 1980. |
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Hoff-Wilson, Joan and Marjorie Lightman, eds. |
Without Precedent: The Life and Career of Eleanor Roosevelt. Indiana University Press, 1984. |
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Kearney, James R. |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: The Evolution of a Reformer. Houghton Mifflin, 1968. |
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Keating, Anjelina Michelle |
Women Who Dare: Eleanor Roosevelt. Pomegranate Communications/Library of Congress, 2006. |
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Klein, Jonas |
BelovedIsland: Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello. Paul S. Erikson, 2000. |
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Knapp, Sally |
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Biography. Crowell Co., 1949. |
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Knepper, Cathy D. |
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt through Depression and War. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004. |
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Lash, Joseph P. |
Eleanor and Franklin; the Story of Their Relationship. New American Library, 1973
Eleanor: The Years Alone. New American Library, 1973.
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Friend's Memoir. Doubleday, 1964.
"Life Was Meant to Be Lived": A Centenary Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt. Norton, 1984.
Love, Eleanor: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends. Doubleday, 1982.
A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends, 1943-1962. Doubleday, 1984. |
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Lerman, Rhoda |
Eleanor: A Novel. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. |
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Levy, William Turner |
The Extraordinary Mrs. R.: A Friend Remembers Eleanor Roosevelt. John Wiley, 1999. |
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MacLeish, Archibald |
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story. Houghton Mifflin, 1965. |
| Miller, Kristie and Robert H. McGininis |
A Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway, 1904-1953. Arizona Historical Society, 2009. |
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Miringoff, Marque-Luisa |
Eleanor Roosevelt: Women and Work, Considerations for the 80's. Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-Kill, 1981. |
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Myers, R. David |
First Lady: A Bibliography of Selected Materials by and about Eleanor Roosevelt. Library of Congress, 1984. |
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Neal, Steve |
Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Scribner, 2002. |
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Nesbitt, Victoria Henrietta |
White House Diary. Doubleday, 1948. |
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Pottker, Janice |
Sara and Eleanor: The Story of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Her Daughter-in-Law, Eleanor Roosevelt. St. Martin's Press, 2004. |
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Purcell, Sarah J. and L. Edward Purcell |
The Life and Work of Eleanor Roosevelt. Public Affairs, 2008. |
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Roosevelt, Curtis |
To Close to the Sun: Growing up in the Shadow of My Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor. Public Affairs, 2008 |
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Roosevelt, David B |
Grandmère; a Personal History of Eleanor Roosevelt. Warner Books, 2002. |
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Roosevelt, Eleanor |
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt. Harper, 1961.
If You Ask Me. Appleton-Century, 1946.
It Seems to Me. Norton, 1954.
On My Own. Harper, 1949; Dell, 1959.
This I Remember. Harper, 1949; Doubleday, 1961.
This Is My Story. Harper, 1937; Doubleday, 1961.
You Learn by Living. Harper, 1960; Doubleday, 1963. |
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Roosevelt, Elliott |
Eleanor Roosevelt, with Love: A Centenary Remembrance. Dutton, 1984.
Mother R.: Eleanor Roosevelt's Untold Story. Putnam, 1977.
A Rendezvous with Destiny: The Roosevelts of the White House. Dell, 1976.
An Untold Story; the Roosevelts of Hyde Park. Dell, 1974. |
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Roosevelt, James |
My Parents: A Differing View. Playboy Press, 1976. |
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Sandifer, Irene R. |
Mrs. Roosevelt As We Knew Her. Sandifer, 1975. |
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Sawyer, Kem Knapp |
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Photographic Story of Life. DK Publishing, 2006. |
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Scharf, Lois |
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American Liberalism. Twayne, 1987. |
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Schlup, Leonard C. and Donald W. Whisenhunt |
It Seems to Me : Selected Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt. University Press of Kentucky, 2001 |
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Somerville, Mollie D. |
Eleanor Roosevelt As I Knew Her. EPM Publications, 1996. |
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Steinberg, Alfred |
Mrs. R., the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt. Putnam, 1958. |
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Streitmatter, Roger, ed. |
Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. Free Press, 1998. |
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Swift, Will |
The Roosevelts and the Royals: Franklin and Eleanor, the King and Queen of England, and the Friendship that Changed History. John Wiley and Sons, 2004. |
| Taylor, Keith M. |
American Adventure: The 1959 Journal of a Roosevelt Scholar. Garner Books, 2009. |
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U.S. Congress. House. |
Memorial Addresses in the House of Representatives, Together with Tributes on the Life and Ideals of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. U.S. G.P.O., 1966. |
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Ware, Susan |
Beyond Suffrage, Women in the New Deal. Harvard University Press, 1981.
Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century. Norton, 1998. |
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Young, Dwight and Margaret Johnson |
Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House from the Collections of the Library of Congress and National Archives. National Geographic, 2008 |
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Youngs, J. William T |
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life. Little, Brown, 1985. |
