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Title: Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok by Rodger Streitmatter, Eleanor Roosevelt ISBN: 0-306-80998-2 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 20 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: ER and Hick emerge as real women
Comment: Eleanor Roosevelt has been an inspiration ever since I was a young girl, a terrific role model for political activists, humanitarians, and women and girls of all ages. But she is often portrayed in biographies (excepting Blanche Wiesen Cook's wonderful recent work) as a cold fish in her personal life. This is one of the reasons that any fan of ER should read these letters. ER is passionate, caring, needy, annoyed - real emotions from a real woman. We also get a look at Lorena Hickok - Hick - beyond the stereotypes, as a woman deeply in love and troubled by the lack of an exclusive relationship.
One problem I have with the book, though, is not letting whole letters speak for themselves, revealing more of the political discussions that seem to have been a big part of both women's lives and their attraction to one another. Were they lovers? They were certainly "in love," and regardless of where they drew the physical line, this book reveals foremothers any woman, lesbians included, should be proud to claim.
Rating: 5
Summary: True Friendship
Comment: If only we all could find one good friend as they found each other. I enjoyed the book very much. Well, written and organized to chronicle Mrs. Roosevelt's life behind the scenes
Rating: 4
Summary: ER will always be one of my heroes
Comment: Without citing the necessity to comment affirmatively or negatively to Mrs. Roosevelt's sexual preferences, I applaud her passion, her candor, and her immense capability to love; in spite of all the foul balls thrown her way by those closest to her. I believe that through all of the personal drama she was obliged to endure, she still saw the cup as half full. Mr. Rodger Streitmatter upholds the dignity of the First Lady.
I must say, however, Ms. Hickok left me a little cold. I do not think their relationship could endure in this day and age, even as we seemingly embrace a more open view of bi and homosexuality. Lorena, on her emotional rollercoaster, would have been a considerable liability for anyone of Eleanor's public stature.
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Title: The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt by Eleanor Roosevelt ISBN: 030680476X Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Eleanor Roosevelt : Volume 2 , The Defining Years, 1933-1938 by Blanche Wiesen Cook ISBN: 0140178945 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 05 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962 by Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge, Marcy Ross, Blanche Wiesen Cook ISBN: 0306810107 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 06 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.50 |
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Title: Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook ISBN: 0140094601 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt ISBN: 0664244947 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: September, 1983 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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