Eleanor Roosevelt: The Biography University Press Biographies
Eleanor Roosevelt: The Biography In Riverside Park, Manhattan, New York, there stands a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt. Some say this was the first of its kind, honoring a First Lady of the United States. This woman is an American icon as a leader who changed the world for the better. But, who is the real woman behind this iconic figure? Surely no one is perfect, even someone as humane and reasonable as Eleanor was during her time in the spotlight. The truth is that she didn’t fit the mold society gave her. This made her both remarkable and controversial in her time. Today, people may see her as a mild-mannered do-gooder. If they do, they are missing the value of the legacy she left the world. In her time, she knocked down barriers of race and gender and promoted human rights through her w...
