Black shows how Eleanor Roosevelt, after being freed from the constraints imposed by her role in the White House, eagerly expanded her career and unabashedly challenged both the Democratic party and American liberals to practice what they preach.

Casting Her Own Shadow

Biographies & Memoirs

Black, Allida

Historical

Columbia University Press

Based on more than fifty oral history interviews, the book is a humorous, engaging and at times poignant memoir of the women, past and present, who have made the Woman's National Democratic Club a force in Washington politics. No tedious recitation of balanced ledgers or board meetings, the book takes a candid look at abortion, racial integration, the women's movement, the 1960s sexual revolution, Watergate and World War II. It is a must read for Democratic political junkies.

Democratic Women (WNDC Educational Foundation oral history series)

History

Fenzi, Jewell

World

WNDC Educational Foundation

In the twentieth century, countless Americans claimed gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender identities, forming a movement to secure social as well as political equality. This collection of essays considers the history as well as the historiography of the queer identities and struggles that developed in the United States in the midst of widespread upheaval and change. Whether the subject is an individual life story, a community study, or an aspect of public policy, these essays illuminate the ways in which individuals in various locales understood the nature of their desires and the possibilities of resisting dominant views of normality and deviance. Theoretically informed, but accessible, the essays shed light too on the difficulties of writing history when documentary evidence is sparse or coded, Taken together these essays suggest that while some individuals and social networks might never emerge from the shadows, the persistent exploration of the past for their traces is an integral part of the on-going struggle for queer rights.

Modern American Queer History (Critical Perspectives On The P)

Americas

Temple University Press

Published to accompany the book Presidents of the United States of America is, of course, a book on the First Ladies. It provides considered insight into the lifes of the First Ladies, drawing on portraits from the White House Historical Association's collection. Not all first ladies have been wives of presidents. Sisters,

First Ladies of the United States of America

Klapthor, Margaret

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc.

Profiles the women who have served in the role of First Lady. Illustrated with portraits from the White House Collection.

The First Ladies of the United States of America

Community & Culture

White House Historical Assn

Profiles the women who have served in the role of First Lady. Illustrated with portraits from the White House Collection. Special Edition for "First Ladies: Influence and Image," the C-Span Original Series, with an introduction by historian Richard Norton Smith.

The First Ladies of the United States of America: Special Edition for "First Ladies: Influence and Image" C-Span original series

White House Historical Association

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