Eleanor Roosevelt

Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

Narrated by: Kate Reading

The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe).

The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt—an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.

The Outlier!

a must read for the current times! ER was a woman ahead of her time!

Great Second Installment

This book is very thorough and I very much enjoyed the reading. I highly recommend it!

Stimulating, provocative, well-researched

A solid examination of Eleanor Roosevelt's life from the beginning of FDR's first administration until the beginning of his third term. Kept my interest riveted throughout and makes me eager to the next volume.

Fantastic

This gives such great insight into the zeitgeist of the 30s, attitudes local and international, while showing ER’s evolution in reaction.

Excellent history book

Eleanor Roosevelt was an amazing woman so ahead of her time. Thanks to her we enjoy lots of services that she created or helped with today.