Eleanor Roosevelt: A Hudson Valley Remembrance

by Joyce C. Ghee, Joan Spence

Overview

Eleanor Roosevelt's character was shaped by the history and culture of the Hudson Valley. More than that, Eleanor Roosevelt loved the Hudson Valley. A woman who knew and cared for the whole world chose this place, Val-Kill, as her home in a cottage by a stream. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Hudson Valley Remembrance reflects her unaffected simplicity and caring interest in her neighbors' concerns. Remembered by friends, colleagues, neighbors, and young people, these qualities inspired a community-based group to lead efforts to save her home in 1977 as the country's first national historic site dedicated to a First Lady. The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill continues her work on issues that affect life today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738538327
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/10/2005
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

The authors were founding members of the effort to save Val-Kill and served as officers on the Eleanor Roosevelt Center Board of Directors. Joan Spence later became the first executive director, and Joyce C. Ghee was awarded the Val-Kill Medal in 2003. Prior to researching and writing Eleanor Roosevelt: A Hudson Valley Remembrance, the two coauthored four other books in Arcadia's Images of America series.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
1	A Daughter of the Hudson Valley	9
2	Eleanor Roosevelt, 1905-1945	31
3	Eleanor Roosevelt, 1945-1962	55
4	Miracle at Val-Kill	81
5	A Hudson Valley Tribute	99
	Acknowledgments and Other Resources	127