Hissing Cousins: The Lifelong Rivalry of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Hissing Cousins: The Lifelong Rivalry of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth
ISBN-10
1101971622
ISBN-13
9781101971628
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2016-03-08
Publisher
Anchor
Authors
Marc Peyser, Timothy Dwyer

Description

Examines the relationship between cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, "revealing the contentious bond between two political trailblazers who short-circuited the rules of gender and power, each in her own way.

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