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Letters from Vladivostock, 1894-1930

By: Eleanor L. Pray

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Letters from Vladivostock, 1894-1930

By: Eleanor L. Pray

In 1894, Eleanor L. Pray left her New England home to move with her merchant husband to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. Over the next thirty-six years — from the time of Tsar Alexander III to the early years of Stalin’s rule — she wrote more than 2,000 letters chronicling her family life and the tumultuous social and political events she witnessed. Vladivostok, 5,600 miles east of Moscow, was shaped by a rich intersection of Asian cultures, and Pray’s witty and observant writing paints a vivid picture of the city and its denizens during a period of momentous social change. The book offers highlights from Pray’s letters along with illuminating historical and biographical information.

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University of Washington Press

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0295804807

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9780295804804

Getting God's Ear

Women, Islam, and Healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf

By: Eleanor Abdella Doumato

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Getting God's Ear

Women, Islam, and Healing in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf

By: Eleanor Abdella Doumato

A detailed study of the role of religious worship and spiritual affairs in women's lives in the twentieth-century Arab world.

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Columbia University Press

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0231116675

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9780231116671

Letters from Vladivostok, 1894-1930

By: Eleanor L. Pray

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Letters from Vladivostok, 1894-1930

By: Eleanor L. Pray

The Eleanor L. Pray Collection organized and preserved by Patricia D. Silver.

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0295993243

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9780295993249

Letters to Eleanor

Voices of the Great Depression

By: Paul Bernstein,Eleanor Roosevelt

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Letters to Eleanor

Voices of the Great Depression

By: Paul Bernstein,Eleanor Roosevelt

Letters to Eleanor: Voices of the Great Depression examines how the flood of letters from ordinary Americans to the First Lady established a bond of hope and trust. Through this paper trail, Eleanor Roosevelt was able to help many petitioners find jobs, food, housing, and clothes. To others she offered the encouragement and support many needed in the bleak Thirties. Through it all Eleanor Roosevelt exhibited a tradionalist social outlook by her support of homemakers and opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment. But as the New Deal matured, she became an ardent reformer who fought for an anti-lynching law and job opportunity for women in the federal service. But beneath her incessant activity to help others there was an inner Eleanor who constantly sought emotional support from female colleagues or her distant correspondents, a support she did not receive form FDR or her family.

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1418474827

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9781418474829

The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt

By: Eleanor Roosevelt

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The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt

By: Eleanor Roosevelt

Hailed as the First Lady of the World' by Harry S. Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt was one of America's great reforming leaders who changed national policy toward youths, blacks, women, the poor and the United Nations. The wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, she was one of the most active First Ladies as well as an esteemed public figure in her own right. Gathered here are quotations from her speeches, writings and interviews, conveying the indomitable spirit and passion of this woman who remains an inspiration to leaders of civil and women's rights movements around the world.

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Citadel Press

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0806524782

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9780806524788

It's Up to the Women

By: Eleanor Roosevelt

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It's Up to the Women

By: Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt never wanted her husband to run for president. When he won, she . . . went on a national tour to crusade on behalf of women. She wrote a regular newspaper column. She became a champion of women's rights and of civil rights. And she decided to write a book." -- Jill Lepore, from the Introduction "Women, whether subtly or vociferously, have always been a tremendous power in the destiny of the world," Eleanor Roosevelt wrote in It's Up to the Women, her book of advice to women of all ages on every aspect of life. Written at the height of the Great Depression, she called on women particularly to do their part -- cutting costs where needed, spending reasonably, and taking personal responsibility for keeping the economy going. Whether it's the recommendation that working women take time for themselves in order to fully enjoy time spent with their families, recipes for cheap but wholesome home-cooked meals, or America's obligation to women as they take a leading role in the new social order, many of the opinions expressed here are as fresh as if they were written today.

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146

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Bold Type Books

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1568585950

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9781568585956

Eleanor and Harry

The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman

By: Eleanor Roosevelt

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The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman

By: Eleanor Roosevelt

A New York Times Notable Book, Eleanor and Harry sheds important light on the relationship between two giants of twentieth-century American history. While researching his previous book, Harry and Ike, Steve Neal came upon a trove of letters between President Harry S. Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt that had never been published. At the time they were written, the former first lady was Truman's appointee to the UN delegation -- the highest-ranking woman in his administration. These letters, collected in Eleanor and Harry, reveal the extraordinary story of a deep, often stormy, and enduring friendship throughout one of the most important eras in American history. Eleanor and Harry grew up in different worlds. Truman, who had spent much of his youth on a Missouri farm, reflected the values and work ethic of rural America. Eleanor, born into New York society, was a constant advocate of reform. Despite their differences--and sometimes opposing political traditions-- they maintained a warm and sympathetic correspondence after Truman took office, and he designated Mrs. Roosevelt the First Lady of the World. In more than 250 letters, readers will discover Eleanor and Harry's discussion of the beginning of the Cold War, the rebuilding of postwar Europe, the creation of the state of Israel, and the start of the modern civil rights movement. Mrs. Roosevelt pressed Truman to give women more influence in his administration and declined to endorse his renomination in 1948, but she supported his difficult decision to drop the atomic bomb, his military intervention in Korea, and his controversial firing of General Douglas MacArthur. Though they disagreed on several occasions and Mrs. Roosevelt oftenoffered to resign from the UN delegation, Truman valued her advice too much to allow her to quit. They remained close friends until her death in 1962. Eleanor and Harry is an uncommonly personal look at some of the momentous events of the twentieth century and offers a rare, intimate insight into the challenging and enriching friendship between two great Americans.

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Citadel Press

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0806525614

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9780806525617

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt Through Depression and War

By: Cathy D. Knepper,Eleanor Roosevelt

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Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt Through Depression and War

By: Cathy D. Knepper,Eleanor Roosevelt

Presents two hundred letters written to Eleanor Roosevelt during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency and her responses to them.

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Da Capo Press

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0786713976

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9780786713974

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Letters from Vladivostock, 1894-1930

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Getting God's Ear

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Letters to Eleanor

The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt

The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt

It's Up to the Women

It's Up to the Women

Eleanor and Harry

Eleanor and Harry

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

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