Feminist historian Blanche Wiesen Cook published the first volume of her biography of Roosevelt in 1992. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the newly... Volume 3 Of Eleanor Roosevelt Biography Chronicles ...

Elliott Roosevelt, Eleanor's father, is confined to a mental asylum; Eleanor's mother, Anna Hall Roosevelt, dies of diphtheria. Eleanor becomes engaged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, her fifth cousin ...

Eleanor Roosevelt was a diplomat and social activist, and served as first lady during the presidency of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She was active in Democratic Party politics and an advocate ...

Last things first. One of the most extraordinary aspects of the third volume of Blanche Wiesen Cook's monumental biography of Eleanor Roosevelt is the way it ends. I don't think I've ever read another ...