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
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
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