The First Lady Of Radio
Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts
Will be published approx. on 6. January 2015
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-62097-042-3 (ISBN)
Description
On the afternoon of 7 December 1941, as a stunned nation gathered to hear the news about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Eleanor Roosevelt was preparing for her weekly radio programme. Now, her ground-breaking career as a radio broadcaster is almost entirely forgotten. As First Lady, she hosted a series of programs that revolutionised how Americans related to their chief executive and his family. The First Lady of Radio rescues these broadcasts from the archives, presenting a carefully curated sampling of transcripts of Roosevelt's most famous radio shows.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62097-042-3 (9781620970423)
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Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Transcripts
Foreword by Blanche Wiesen Cook
Introduction
?The Girl of Today"
?Woman's Career vs. Woman's Home"
?A Mother's Responsibility as a Citizen"
?Concluding Broadcast"
?Negro Education"
?When Will a Woman Become President of the US?"
?Shall a Woman Be Herself?"
?A Day in the White House"
?Peace Through Education"
?World Court Broadcast"
?Making the Wheels Go ?Round in the White House"
?Keeping House on a Budget in the White House"
?What It Means To Be the Wife Of The President"
?Education of a Daughter for the 20th Century"
?Problems of Working Women"
?Life in a Tenement"
?Eleanor Roosevelt Interviewed on the Causes and Cures of War"
?Domestic Workers and Government Housing"
?Questions About the White House"
?Democracy"
?Political Conventions and Campaign Trips"
?Planning for War and Post-War Periods"
?Peace, Democracy and Ideals"
?Address to the Democratic National Convention"
?Shall We Arm Merchant Ships?"
?Freedom of Speech"
?Propaganda"
?Isolationists"
?Pearl Harbor Attack"
?Civilian Defense"
?Preparedness for War"
?Enemy Aliens and Women in War Work"
?Answering Her Critics"
?Broadcast From Liverpool"
?Wartime Conditions in Great Britain"
?D-Day Message"
?V-E Day Radio Message"
?V-J Day Radio Message"
Endnotes
Dedication
Acknowledgments
A Note on the Transcripts
Foreword by Blanche Wiesen Cook
Introduction
?The Girl of Today"
?Woman's Career vs. Woman's Home"
?A Mother's Responsibility as a Citizen"
?Concluding Broadcast"
?Negro Education"
?When Will a Woman Become President of the US?"
?Shall a Woman Be Herself?"
?A Day in the White House"
?Peace Through Education"
?World Court Broadcast"
?Making the Wheels Go ?Round in the White House"
?Keeping House on a Budget in the White House"
?What It Means To Be the Wife Of The President"
?Education of a Daughter for the 20th Century"
?Problems of Working Women"
?Life in a Tenement"
?Eleanor Roosevelt Interviewed on the Causes and Cures of War"
?Domestic Workers and Government Housing"
?Questions About the White House"
?Democracy"
?Political Conventions and Campaign Trips"
?Planning for War and Post-War Periods"
?Peace, Democracy and Ideals"
?Address to the Democratic National Convention"
?Shall We Arm Merchant Ships?"
?Freedom of Speech"
?Propaganda"
?Isolationists"
?Pearl Harbor Attack"
?Civilian Defense"
?Preparedness for War"
?Enemy Aliens and Women in War Work"
?Answering Her Critics"
?Broadcast From Liverpool"
?Wartime Conditions in Great Britain"
?D-Day Message"
?V-E Day Radio Message"
?V-J Day Radio Message"
Endnotes