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Dear Mrs. Roosevelt : letters from children of the Great Depression / edited by Robert Cohen.
Van Pelt Library E807.1.R48 D43 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
- Presidents' spouses--United States--Correspondence.
- Presidents' spouses.
- Children.
- Social conditions.
- Politics and government.
- Depressions.
- History.
- Poor children.
- United States.
- Children--United States--Correspondence.
- Poor children--United States--Correspondence.
- United States--History--1933-1945--Sources.
- Depressions--1929--United States--Personal narratives.
- United States--Politics and government--1933-1945--Sources.
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945--Sources.
- Children--United States--Social conditions--20th century--Sources.
- Children's writings, American.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Sources.
- Personal narratives.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807827479
- 0807854131
- OCLC:
- 49719033
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