Deschutes Public Library

Eleanor Roosevelt

eng

videorecording

Eleanor Roosevelt

985957410

Originally produced by PBS in 2000

139

She was the nation's conscience, a tireless advocate for the disadvantaged, a woman who influenced American social policies for decades and pushed through the first international charter on human rights. Eleanor Roosevelt survived a painful childhood and a difficult marriage to become one of the most admired women in America. Going beyond her public achievements, this intimate two-and-a-half-hour biography explores the secretive and surprising private life of a controversial American figure

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