Biographers Quote by Rachel Holmes

Before my book, the most common assessment of Eleanor Marx is "Yes, she's great but basically she's in the shadow of her father." Absolute…

— Rachel Holmes

Eleanor Roosevelt started off almost every early article she wrote, starting with, "My mother was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen." And I…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

“Eleanor was a member of one of America’s great families, niece to Teddy Roosevelt and a distant cousin of her future husband. But she…

— Gail Collins

Her [Eleanor Roosevelt] father was the love of her life. Her father always made her feel wanted, made her feel loved, where her mother…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

Eleanor Marx was a pragmatic person of actions and deeds and she was an organizer.

— Rachel Holmes

A lot of people say that Eleanor Roosevelt wasn't a good mother. And there are two pieces to that story. One is, when they…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

“Mothers are often a mystery to their children,” Eleanor said.”

— Susan Rieger

A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential.

— David Jeremiah

One of the things for me, as a biographer, that is so significant is for Eleanor Roosevelt - the child who never had a…

— 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…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

'Eleanor' was so much fun to write, because there's a brutal honesty about her. She's got no filters and no concept of social norms.

— Gail Honeyman

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,…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook