My Day: The Best Of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1 962

Hachette Books, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. I think Eleanor Roosevelt has so gripped the imagination of this moment be cause we need her and her vision so completely. . . . She's perfect for us as we enter the twenty-first century. Eleanor Roosevelt is a loud and profo und voice for people who want to change the world." - Blanche Wiesen Cook Named "Woman of the Century" in a survey conducted by the National Women's Hall of Fame, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote her hugely popular syndicated column "My Day" for over a quarter of that century, from 1936 to 1962. This collec tion brings together for the first time in a single volume the most memorab le of those columns, written with singular wit, elegance, compassion, and i nsight - everything from her personal perspectives on the New Deal and Worl d War II to the painstaking diplomacy required of her as chair of the Unite d Nations Committee on Human Rights after the war to the joys of gardening at her beloved Hyde Park home. To quote Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., "What a re markable woman she was! These sprightly and touching selections from Eleano r Roosevelt's famous column evoke an extraordinary personality." "My Day reminds us how great a woman she was." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution.