--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Blanche Wiesen Cook" description: "10 Knows quotes by Blanche Wiesen Cook. Plus more from Blanche Wiesen Cook and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_appreciated_eleanor-roosevelt-loved-to-write-she-was_827791.png" --- > [Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-loved-to-write-she-was-a-wonderful-child-writer-i/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_appreciated_eleanor-roosevelt-loved-to-write-she-was_827791.png) > [She really is a completely different First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt was not going to suffer and withdraw in the White House. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/she-really-is-a-completely-different-first-lady-eleanor-roosevelt-was/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_big-houses_she-really-is-a-completely-different-fir_3128574.jpg) > [I mean, in the campaign of '24 and in '28 and '32, you know, Eleanor Roosevelt insists that women have equal floor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-mean-in-the-campaign-of-24-and-in-28-and-32-you-know-eleanor/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_campaigns_i-mean-in-the-campaign-of-24-and-in-28-a_1573334.jpg) > [Her mother died at the age of 29, essentially turning her face to the wall and deciding to die. And so we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/her-mother-died-at-the-age-of-29-essentially-turning-her-face-to-the/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_abandonment_her-mother-died-at-the-age-of-29-essenti_614759.png) > [Eleanor Roosevelt's very helpful to a lot of children who cannot speak French, who do not write well. And Marie Souvestre is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-s-very-helpful-to-a-lot-of-children-who-cannot/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_best-friend_eleanor-roosevelt-s-very-helpful-to-a-lo_3113136.png) > [ And in her \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] letters, she writes the most, you know, fanciful letters: when we are together, and when we are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-in-her-eleanor-roosevelt-letters-she-writes-the-most-you-know/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_brother_and-in-her-eleanor-roosevelt-letters-she_2899813.png) > [Like traditional upper class families, there are nannies and servants, and the children, you know, come in to say good-night before they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/like-traditional-upper-class-families-there-are-nannies-and-servants/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_bed_like-traditional-upper-class-families-th_2874912.png) > [Well, the fact is, we can never know what people do in the privacy of their own rooms. The door is closed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/well-the-fact-is-we-can-never-know-what-people-do-in-the-privacy-of/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_adults_well-the-fact-is-we-can-never-know-what_2944855.png) > [ Her \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] father was the love of her life. Her father always made her feel wanted, made her feel loved, where… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/her-eleanor-roosevelt-father-was-the-love-of-her-life-her-father/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_comfort_her-eleanor-roosevelt-father-was-the-lov_1830090.png) > [It's right around this time that her Grandmother Hall dies. And Eleanor Roosevelt is responsible for making all the funeral arrangements. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/it-s-right-around-this-time-that-her-grandmother-hall-dies-and/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_arrangements_it-s-right-around-this-time-that-her-gra_2779677.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Blanche Wiesen Cook > [Women who love women, who choose women to nurture and support and to create a living environment in which to work creatively and independently,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/women-who-love-women-who-choose-women-to-nurture-and-support-and-to/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [And Grandmother Hall really imagines that she can raise Eleanor and her two brothers differently than these children were raised. And if she is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-grandmother-hall-really-imagines-that-she-can-raise-eleanor-and/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [And you can really see in all of these issues that are priorities for Eleanor Roosevelt, where the compromises are painful, the compromises are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-you-can-really-see-in-all-of-these-issues-that-are-priorities-for/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/well-when-eleanor-roosevelt-s-mother-dies-she-goes-to-live-with-her/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [So in 1924, Eleanor Roosevelt really gets a sense of what the limits of the battle and the contours of the battle are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/so-in-1924-eleanor-roosevelt-really-gets-a-sense-of-what-the-limits/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [On international relations, Eleanor Roosevelt really takes a great shocking leadership position on the World Court. In fact, it amuses me. The very first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/on-international-relations-eleanor-roosevelt-really-takes-a-great/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Her mother died at the age of 29, essentially turning her face to the wall and deciding to die. And so we can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/her-mother-died-at-the-age-of-29-essentially-turning-her-face-to-the/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her father, unconditionally.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-her-grandmother-hall-gave-her-a-great-sense-of-family-love/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/but-it-s-also-the-beginning-of-another-level-of-liberation-for-her/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [ And her \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of Tivoli (which… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-her-eleanor-roosevelt-grandmother-hall-provided-her-really-with-a/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child. And Marie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-loved-to-write-she-was-a-wonderful-child-writer-i/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-fights-for-an-anti-lynch-law-with-the-naacp-with/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-eleanor-roosevelt-always-had-a-most-incredible-comfort/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-of-course-fdr-was-very-charming-at-6-2-he-was-tall-enough-to-be/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Well, the reality of her father was that he was a very diseased alcoholic, who died at the age of 34. And one always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/well-the-reality-of-her-father-was-that-he-was-a-very-diseased/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/blanche-wiesen-cook/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Blanche Wiesen Cook", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child. And Marie Souvestre really appreciated Eleanor Roosevelt's talents and encouraged her talents. Also, she spoke perfect French. She grew up speaking French. She's now at a french-speaking school where, you know, girls are coming from all over the world. 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