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1) Eleanor
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became a great humanitarian.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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A biography of the woman who served as First Lady for the longest time, and who was the first President's wife to speak out about important issues of the day, by writing newspapers articles and books, giving radio interviews and speeches, and teaching classes.
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Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Eleanor Roosevelt was born into a rich and important family. But she was one of the loneliest little girls in New York. Shy and awkward at first, Eleanor began to reach out to other people, especially those less fortunate than she was, and became one of the most beloved women in the world.
10) This I remember
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Eleanor Roosevelt chronicles the years she spent with her husband, former president Franklin Roosevelt, focusing on their years in the White House and her husband's life, character, and objectives.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A candid and insightful look at an era and a life through the eyes of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century The long and eventful life of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was full of rich experiences and courageous actions. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married a Columbia University law student named Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who gradually ascended in the world of New York politics to reach the presidency in 1932. Throughout...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Drawing on previously hidden historical documents and interviews with the long-silent "illegitimate" branch of the family, William J. Mann paints an elegant, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking group portrait of this legendary family. Mann argues that the Roosevelts ́rise to power and prestige was actually driven by a series of intense personal contest that at times devolved into blood sport. His compelling and eye-opening masterwork is...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
More than fifty years after her death, Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered as a formidable first lady and tireless social activist. Often overlooked, however, is her deep and inclusive spirituality. Her personal faith was shaped by reading the New Testament in her youth, giving her a Jesus-centered spirituality that fueled her commitment to civil rights, womens rights, and the rights of all little people marginalized in American society.
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[2014]
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Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
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