The Extraordinary Mrs. R: A Friend Remembers Eleanor Roosevelt

by William Turner Levy; Cynthia Eagle Russett

• ISBN13: 9780471331773
• ISBN10: 0471331775
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

"A lovely, loving memoir." -Blanche Wiesen Cook One of the most admired women of this century, Eleanor Roosevelt will always be remembered for her remarkable achievements as First Lady, United Nations official, and passionate advocate for the causes she held close to her heart. Now, William Turner Levy, a close friend, gives us a joyful, intimate perspective on the private life of Mrs. R. Through charming anecdotes, many of them totally fresh, Levy gives us an intimate look at Eleanor Roosevelt, and, with the help of historian Cynthia Eagle Russett, we see how she helped to shape American and international politics. But most rewarding are the many recollections that are full of flashes of her personality and the delicious domestic touches that bring Mrs. R fully alive-as if she were our friend, too.

Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader	xi
Prologue	xiii
An Invitation to Tea	1	(16)
Mrs. Roosevelt Comes to Dine	17	(28)
At Home in New York City	45	(14)
At Hyde Park	59	(32)
First Lady of the World	91	(14)
The World Comes to Call	105	(16)
A Fondness for Young People	121	(10)
Celebrations . . . and Memories	131	(18)
Discovering Mrs. Roosevelt	149	(12)
Discovering FDR	161	(38)
Always a Democrat	199	(18)
Friendship	217	(26)
Saying Good-bye	243	(8)
Index	251