Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice: Her Impact on the Civil Rights Movement, the White House, and the World

by Ilene Cooper Narrated by Laurel Lefkow

Overview

Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice shows young listeners how the former First Lady evolved from a poor little rich girl to a protector and advocate for those without a voice. Although now seen as a cultural icon, she was a woman deeply insecure about her looks and her role in the world. But by recognizing her fears and constantly striving to overcome her prejudices, she used her proximity to presidents and her own power to aid in the fight for Civil Rights and other important causes. This biography gives listeners a fresh perspective on her extraordinary life. A supplemental PDF containing historic photographs is included.

Editorial Reviews

School Library Connection

**STARRED REVIEW**
"Engaging and thought provoking."

Shelf Awareness

"Ilene Cooper's Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice is an inspiring account of Eleanor Roosevelt's untiring involvement with the major issues of her time."

School Library Journal

**STARRED REVIEW**
"An eye-opening journey through Eleanor Roosevelt’s life, career, and social justice work . . . The author’s meticulous research creates a realistic portrayal of Roosevelt by including her achievements and also recognizing the limitations of her upbringing and status which affected Roosevelt’s social justice work . . . An engaging biography that will greatly enhance middle school collections."

Publishers Weekly

"An indisputably timely book."

The Horn Book

"A worthwhile introduction to one of America’s most prominent social activists."

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Cooper claims her own authorial turf by focusing on Eleanor Roosevelt’s championing of civil rights."

Kirkus Reviews

"This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt portrays her as a tireless champion of the underdog and a high-profile advocate for civil and human rights . . . A muscular and admiring profile in moral courage."

From the Publisher

This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt portrays her as a tireless champion of the underdog and a high-profile advocate for civil and human rights...A muscular and admiring profile in moral courage.

OCTOBER 2018 - AudioFile

With steady pacing, narrator Laurel Lefkow chronicles the life of Eleanor Roosevelt through the lens of the Civil Rights movement, giving listeners a fresh perspective on this famous first lady. Lefkow’s tone changes accordingly as she describes the challenges Eleanor faced throughout her life, including the loss of her parents, her husband’s medical issues after contracting polio, and the negative press she received from championing causes such as equal opportunity for African-Americans. Listeners will be inspired by the Eleanor’s passionate nature as she worked to help make the lives of her fellow Americans better while overcoming what she perceived as personal shortcomings. M.D. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Kirkus Reviews

2018-05-14
This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt portrays her as a tireless champion of the underdog and a high-profile advocate for civil and human rights. Using her subject's first name, Cooper focuses on Eleanor's involvement in the civil rights movement but notes that even in her 30s she "paid virtually no attention to the difficulties of African Americans who faced prejudice every day…despite the fact she was aware of the turmoil in the black community." Not until she was first lady did racial injustice gain Eleanor's full attention, partly due to her surrounding herself with such activists as Mary McLeod Bethune, Walter White, and Pauli Murray. Cooper writes that an awakening came when she helped raise money for Arthurdale, a planned community in West Virginia for out-of-work coal miners. Eleanor was shocked to learn that whites who had lived together with blacks in poverty for decades refused to let them join the community. This led Eleanor to understand "how corrosive the systemic segregation of African Americans was." Cooper chronicles how she did everything possible to keep civil rights a focus of the Roosevelt administration, including such piquant details as her insistence on attending a public event against the advice of the FBI and with her pistol to protect herself against the Klan, which had issued a $25,000 bounty. Cooper is silent on Roosevelt's romantic relations with other women, however.A muscular and admiring profile in moral courage. (photos, timeline, notes, bibliography) (Biography. 10-14)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175515672
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

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