| Edition |
First Vintage edition. |
| Description |
xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-434) and index. |
| Summary |
"In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the president and first lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter-century, as Pauli became a lawyer, a principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and a cofounder of the National Organization for Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Two decades in the making, and drawing on letters, journals, diaries, and interviews, this monumental work shows how the relationship between a writer-turned-activist and the first lady not only had a profound effect on each of their lives, but also impacted the struggle for social justice."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The hand of friendship -- Prelude: Camp Tera, 1933-35 -- Taking aim at the White House, 1938-40 -- Bumping up against the law, 1940-42 -- Making friends with the First Lady, 1942-44 -- Standing up to life's challenges, 1944-45 -- Fashioning new lives, 1945-52 -- Drawing closer as friends, 1952-55 -- Fighting for a just world, 1956-59 -- Lighting the path for new activists, 1959-62 -- Speaking truth to the end, 1963-85. |
| Subject |
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates.
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. |
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Friends and associates. |
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Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985 -- Friends and associates.
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Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985. |
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Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Biography.
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Episcopal Church. |
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Clergy. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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Women social reformers. |
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United States. |
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents' spouses. |
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African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African American women civil rights workers. |
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African American feminists -- Biography.
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African American feminists. |
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African American intellectuals -- Biography.
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African American intellectuals. |
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Female friendship -- United States.
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Female friendship. |
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Friendship. |
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Women's friendships. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Editions: |
Reprint of (manifestation): Bell-Scott, Patricia. Firebrand and the First Lady. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2016] (DLC) 2015033959 |
| ISBN |
9780679767299 (paperback) |
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0679767290 (paperback) |
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