The Autobiography of Elenor Roosevelt: Elenor Roosevelt's Own Story Including Material From Her Memoirs with a New Introduction

by Elenor Roosevelt

400 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Leah]

She was such a dynamic lady in a time when it wasn't so easy to be a female in politics and leadership. She was a trailblazer for so may women that followed behind her.

I was a little disappointed in the book. She gave such a passive voice, but maybe that is indicative of the time she is from.

Maybe a biography would give a more accurate description for her strength and leadership.

[Vicky Camarena]

I have always been fascinated with Elenor Roosevelt, so I was exited to learn that she had written an autobiography. Probably because she was raised as a "proper lady of the victorian era" she describes her personal life in a detached, non personal way. The second half of the book discuses her public life and philanthropical work, which I believe she felt more comfortable discussing. She was a progressive woman who changed the role of First Lady from merely being the President's spouse to the role of dignitary. This book provides a good first hand account of life in the first half of the 20th century.

[Marlana Oster]

She was a women of her time that didnt take no for an answer and very much wanted womens rights