The Roosevelt Women concerns the wives, mothers, and sisters of U.S. presidents Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Each of the nine chapters focuses on one women, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Bamie Roosevelt (Theodore`s sister), and Sara Delano Roosevelt (Franklin`s mother). Based predominantly on family letters, the book also includes a family tree chart and black-and-white photographs. What started as a profile of Eleanor and her familial, female influences, expanded into a collective biography of the intriguing Roosevelt women.
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