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
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
And in her [Eleanor Roosevelt] letters, she writes the most, you know, fanciful letters: when we are together, and when we are… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
She [Eleanor Roosevelt]wants a life of her own. Her grandmother could have been a painter. Her grandmother could have done so much… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt started off almost every early article she wrote, starting with, "My mother was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen."… — 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
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
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
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
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
It's right around this time that her Grandmother Hall dies. And Eleanor Roosevelt is responsible for making all the funeral arrangements. And… — 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
I think FDR was very dashing and charming and debonair, and probably reminded her of her father. A great bon-vivant. He loved… — 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
And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
She writes that one of the moments that she felt most useful was when her mother had a headache, and she would… — 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… — 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
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 if you look at pictures of Eleanor between 1918 and 1921, she becomes anorexic. She really loses a tremendous amount of… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Eleanor Roosevelt's very helpful to a lot of children who cannot speak French, who do not write well. And Marie Souvestre is… — 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
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
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 think that Hick was in love with Eleanor, and Eleanor was in love with Hick. I think it's very important to… — 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
It's interesting to me that really one of the first things she [Eleanor Roosevelt]did as First Lady was to collect her father'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
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
I think that Eleanor Roosevelt really learned about the limits of power and influence from Arthurdale. She could not make some things… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Well, in Washington, this is a very hard time for Eleanor and Franklin. This is when Lucy Mercer first appears. And Lucy… — 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
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
I mean, her father was an alcoholic, and her mother was the suffering wife of a man who she could never predict… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
I mean, if you pause over what it means at the age of 76 that Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, the happiest single day… — 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
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
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
By 1938, Eleanor Roosevelt was so angry at FDR's policies, she writes a book called This Troubled World. And it is actually… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters. And that's… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share
And of course, FDR was very charming. At 6'2", he was tall enough to be her beau, and they made a beautiful couple. And… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share
Well, the reality of her father was that he was a very diseased alcoholic, who died at the age of 34. And one always… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share
![“And in her [Eleanor Roosevelt] letters, she writes the most, you know, fanciful letters: when we are together, and when we are reunited, and you know, I will be your surrogate wife. Of course she doesn't use that word, but I will be the mother to my brothers, and I will be your primary love.” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_brother_and-in-her-eleanor-roosevelt-letters-she_2899813.png)
![“She [Eleanor Roosevelt]wants a life of her own. Her grandmother could have been a painter. Her grandmother could have done so much more than she did with her life. And Eleanor Roosevelt decides she is going to do everything possible with her life. She's going to live a full life.” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_could-have-been_she-eleanor-roosevelt-wants-a-life-of-he_2389719.jpg)
![“And her [Eleanor Roosevelt] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of Tivoli (which is a framework of discipline and order) is also a very encouraging and loving one.” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_discipline_and-her-eleanor-roosevelt-grandmother-ha_759497.jpg)
![“So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her husband's policies?” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_book_so-she-eleanor-roosevelt-is-an-amazing-f_2185464.jpg)
![“Her [Eleanor Roosevelt] father was the love of her life. Her father always made her feel wanted, made her feel loved, where her mother made her feel, you know, unloved, judged harshly, never up to par. And she was her father's favorite, and her mother's unfavorite. So her father was the man that…” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_comfort_her-eleanor-roosevelt-father-was-the-lov_1830090.png)
![“And she [Eleanor Roosevelt]loves being a star. And she loves being a teacher and a leader and a mentor and a big friend. Also, she's tall. She's one of the tallest girls in the school. And she's an athlete. And she writes many years later, at the end of her life, she writes that the happiest day…” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_athlete_and-she-eleanor-roosevelt-loves-being-a_1156436.png)
![“It's interesting to me that really one of the first things she [Eleanor Roosevelt]did as First Lady was to collect her father's letters and publish a book called The Letters of My Father, essentially, hunting big game, The Letters of Elliott Roosevelt. And it really was an act of redemption…” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f1/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_bigs_it-s-interesting-to-me-that-really-one-o_2389950.jpg)
![“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 in a new level of politics. She meets Esther Lape and Elizabeth Read, and becomes very involved in the women's movement, and then in the peace…” quote by Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_despair_but-it-s-also-the-beginning-of-another-l_701343.png)
