The Roosevelt I Knew
by Frances Perkins
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A vivid and intimate portrait of the New Deal president by the first woman ever appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.When Frances Perkins first met Franklin D. Roosevelt at a dance in 1910, she was a young social worker and he was an attractive young man making a modest debut in state politics. Over the next thirty-five years, she watched his career unfold, becoming both a close family friend and a trusted political associate whose tenure as secretary of labor spanned his entire administration. show more FDR and his presidential policies continue to be widely discussed in the classroom and in the media, and The Roosevelt I Knew offers a unique window onto the man whose courage and pioneering reforms still resonate in the lives of Americans today. show less
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- Original publication date
- 1946
- People/Characters
- Frances Perkins; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 973.917 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- World Wars and Depression Era (1901-1953) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1937) New Deal, Social Security Act
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- E807 .P4 — History of the United States United States Twentieth century Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administrations,
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
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- 13
