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    If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt
    If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt
    If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt
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    If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt

    Written by Eleanor Roosevelt

    Narrated by Cassandra Campbell and Amanda Carlin

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    Experience the “heartwarming, smart, and at times even humorous” (Woman’s World) wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt in this annotated collection of the candid advice columns that she wrote for more than twenty years.

    In 1941, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on a new career as an advice columnist. She had already transformed the role of first lady with her regular press conferences, her activism on behalf of women, minorities, and youth, her lecture tours, and her syndicated newspaper column. When Ladies Home Journal offered her an advice column, she embraced it as yet another way for her to connect with the public. “If You Ask Me” quickly became a lifeline for Americans of all ages.

    Over the twenty years that Eleanor wrote her advice column, no question was too trivial and no topic was out of bounds. Practical, warm-hearted, and often witty, Eleanor’s answers were so forthright her editors included a disclaimer that her views were not necessarily those of the magazines or the Roosevelt administration. Asked, for example, if she had any Republican friends, she replied, “I hope so.” Queried about whether or when she would retire, she said, “I never plan ahead.” As for the suggestion that federal or state governments build public bomb shelters, she considered the idea “nonsense.” Covering a wide variety of topics—everything from war, peace, and politics to love, marriage, religion, and popular culture—these columns reveal Eleanor Roosevelt’s warmth, humanity, and timeless relevance.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateOct 9, 2018
    ISBN9781508276494
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    Eleanor Roosevelt

    <p>Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. She married Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and was the mother of six children. She became First Lady on March 4, 1933, and went on to serve as Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly and Representative to the Commission on Human Rights under Harry S. Truman, and chairwoman of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women under John F. Kennedy. She died on November 7, 1962, at the age of seventy-eight.</p>

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      If You Ask Me: Essential Advice from Eleanor Roosevelt as an audio book was well spoken. Eleanor Roosevelt was a woman who was decades ahead of her time in attitudes towards politics, life and everything. She spoke from her heart, when giving advice to people and truly had a very open mind. She was a woman who worked very hard to further her common sense beliefs The two readers of the book were able to convey the essence of Eleanor's words. The book is long even at six CDs and probably could have been shortened. The book also just ended. There was no feeling of conclusion to the story. Because of the poor ending to this book and length a rating only of three stars is given here.