“It's interesting to me that really one of the first things she [Eleanor Roosevelt]did as First Lady was to collect her father's letters and publish a book called The Letters of My Father, essentially, hunting big game, The Letters of Elliott Roosevelt. And it really was an act of redemption, really one of her first acts of redemption as she entered the White House. She was going to redeem her father's honor. And publishing his letters, reconnecting with her childhood really fortified her to go on into the difficult White House years.” YearsFirstsBookBigsFatherGamesHouseDifficultWhiteInterestingChildhoodGoes OnHonorLettersRedemptionWhite HouseHuntingPublishingPublishFirst LadyEleanorReconnecting 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. And despite the order and the discipline - and home at certain hours and out at certain hours and reading at certain hours - there was a surprising amount of freedom. Eleanor Roosevelt talks about how the happiest moments of her days were when she would take a book out of the library, which wasn't censored.” ThinkingBookMomentsHomeCertainOrderReadingFatherHoursAmountDisciplineLibraryDespiteGrandmotherHallsSurprisingFamily LoveLike HerReassuranceEleanorCensored Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“I think that Hick was in love with Eleanor, and Eleanor was in love with Hick. I think it's very important to look at the letters that are in my book, because unlike some of the recent published letters, I have both the personal and the political. And their relationship is about ardor. It's about fun. And it's also about politics.” ThinkingLooksImportantBookPoliticalFunLettersEleanorArdorHicks Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“By 1938, Eleanor Roosevelt was so angry at FDR's policies, she writes a book called This Troubled World. And it is actually a point-by-point rebuttal of her husband's foreign policy. We need collective security. We need a World Court. We need something like the League of Nations. We need to work together to fight fascism. We need embargoes against aggressor nations, and we need to name aggressor nations. All of which is a direct contradiction of FDR's policies.” WorldNeedsWritingBookTogetherFightingNamesNationsSecurityPolicyHusbandDirectAngryCourtLeagueContradictionCollectivesWorking TogetherFascismForeign PolicyEleanorAggressorsLeague Of NationsRebuttalCollective Security Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“So she [Eleanor Roosevelt] is an amazing First Lady. What other First Lady in U.S. history has ever written a book to criticize her husband's policies?” FirstsBookWrittenPolicyHusbandCriticizeFirst LadyEleanor Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
