Title Dear Mrs. Roosevelt : letters from children of the Great Depression / edited by Robert Cohen

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Ill-Clothed, Ill-Housed, Ill-Fed; Chapter 2. Education; Chapter 3. Social Life; Chapter 4. Minorities; Epilogue: Responses to the Letters; Notes and Sources; Index Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 fast Subject Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Correspondence Children -- United States -- Correspondence Poor children -- United States -- Correspondence Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Personal narratives Children -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Sources Children's writings, American. HISTORY. Children Children -- Social conditions Children's writings, American Depressions Politics and government Poor children Presidents' spouses Social conditions Kinderen. Jeugdhulpverlening. SUBJECT United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Sources United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Sources United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Sources Subject United States Genre/Form History Personal narratives Personal correspondence Sources Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Cohen, Robert (Robby) Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. LC no. 2002006409 ISBN 080786126X 9780807861264 9780807827475 0807827479

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