| Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression Contributor(s): Cohen, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807854131 ISBN-13: 9780807854136 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Activism made Mrs. Roosevelt a beloved figure among poor teens and children, who between the Depression of 1933 wrote her thousands of letters describing their problems and requesting her help. Here are 200 of these extraordinary documents to open a window into the lives of the Depression's youngest victims. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - 20th Century - Literary Collections | Letters |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002006409 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.08" W x 9.38" (0.88 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Impoverished young Americans had no greater champion during the Depression than Eleanor Roosevelt. As First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt used her newspaper columns and radio broadcasts to crusade for expanded federal aid to poor children and teens. She was the most visible spokesperson for the National Youth Administration, the New Deal's central agency for aiding needy youths, and she was adamant in insisting that federal aid to young people be administered without discrimination so that it reached blacks as well as whites, girls as well as boys. This activism made Mrs. Roosevelt a beloved figure among poor teens and children, who between 1933 and 1941 wrote her thousands of letters describing their problems and requesting her help. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt presents nearly 200 of these extraordinary documents to open a window into the lives of the Depression's youngest victims. In their own words, the letter writers confide what it was like to be needy and young during the worst economic crisis in American history. Revealing both the strengths and the limitations of New Deal liberalism, this book depicts an administration concerned and caring enough to elicit such moving appeals for help yet unable to respond in the very personal ways the letter writers hoped. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cohen, Robert: - Robert Cohen is director of the Social Studies Program in the School of Education, associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, and an affiliated member of the History Department at New York University.Cohen, Robert: - Robert Cohen is director of the Social Studies Program in the School of Education, associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, and an affiliated member of the History Department at New York University. |