And Grandmother Hall really imagines that she can raise Eleanor and her two brothers differently than these children were raised. And if… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
And you can really see in all of these issues that are priorities for Eleanor Roosevelt, where the compromises are painful, the… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Well, when Eleanor Roosevelt's mother dies, she goes to live with her Grandmother Hall. And her Grandmother Hall is in mourning. She's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
So in 1924, Eleanor Roosevelt really gets a sense of what the limits of the battle and the contours of the battle… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
On international relations, Eleanor Roosevelt really takes a great shocking leadership position on the World Court. In fact, it amuses me. The… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Her mother died at the age of 29, essentially turning her face to the wall and deciding to die. And so we… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
But it's also the beginning of another level of liberation for her]Eleanor Roosevelt], because when she returns to New York, she gets… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
And her [Eleanor Roosevelt] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child.… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt fights for an anti-lynch law with the NAACP, with Walter White and Mary McLeod Bethune. And she begs FDR to… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters.… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Well, the reality of her father was that he was a very diseased alcoholic, who died at the age of 34. And… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
In one way, it is this sense of order and also love that, I think, really saved Eleanor Roosevelt's life. And in… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Politics is not an isolated, individualist adventure. Women really need to emerge as a power to be the countervailing power to the… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
And she [Eleanor Roosevelt]loves being a star. And she loves being a teacher and a leader and a mentor and a big… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
A lot of people say that Eleanor Roosevelt wasn't a good mother. And there are two pieces to that story. One is,… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I mean, in the campaign of '24 and in '28 and '32, you know, Eleanor Roosevelt insists that women have equal floor… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think Eleanor Roosevelt's so popular at Allenswood because it's the first time she is, number one, free. But it's the first… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Her [Eleanor Roosevelt] father was the love of her life. Her father always made her feel wanted, made her feel loved, where… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt never thought that she was attractive. She never thought that she was really sufficiently appealing. And I think her whole… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
One of the things for me, as a biographer, that is so significant is for Eleanor Roosevelt - the child who never… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think that, very often there's a pain that's just too painful to touch. You'll break apart. And I think her mother's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't ever do anything that is going to hurt her husband. She tries things out on him. She gets permission… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Women who love women, who choose women to nurture and support and to create a living environment in which to work creatively and independently,… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
And Grandmother Hall really imagines that she can raise Eleanor and her two brothers differently than these children were raised. And if she is… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
And you can really see in all of these issues that are priorities for Eleanor Roosevelt, where the compromises are painful, the compromises are… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Well, when Eleanor Roosevelt's mother dies, she goes to live with her Grandmother Hall. And her Grandmother Hall is in mourning. She's in widow's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
So in 1924, Eleanor Roosevelt really gets a sense of what the limits of the battle and the contours of the battle are going… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
On international relations, Eleanor Roosevelt really takes a great shocking leadership position on the World Court. In fact, it amuses me. The very first… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Her mother died at the age of 29, essentially turning her face to the wall and deciding to die. And so we can only… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her father, unconditionally.… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
But it's also the beginning of another level of liberation for her]Eleanor Roosevelt], because when she returns to New York, she gets very involved… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
And her [Eleanor Roosevelt] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of Tivoli (which… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child. And Marie… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt fights for an anti-lynch law with the NAACP, with Walter White and Mary McLeod Bethune. And she begs FDR to say one… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image