Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: Letters from Children of the Great Depression

by Eleanor Roosevelt

Book Overview

Impoverished young Americans had no greater champion during the Depression than Eleanor Roosevelt. As First Lady, Mrs. Roosevelt used her newspaper columns and radio broadcasts to crusade for expanded federal aid to poor children and teens. She was the most visible spokesperson for the National Youth Administration, the New Deal's central agency for aiding needy youths, and she was adamant in insisting that federal aid to young people be administered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807854131
• ISBN13: 9780807854136
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"