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ROOSEVELT, Eleanor and Lorena H. HICKOK. Ladies of Courage. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1954]. 8vo. Original cloth; original pictorial dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELEANOR TO HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW on the half-title: "Johnny & Anne with love Eleanor Roosevelt (Mother)." Ladies of Courage describes the struggles of women to gain recognition in American public life. Page 263 describes a Christmas party hosted by John and Franklin, Jr. for children of women who belonged to unions affiliated with the Women's Trade Union League. At this party, FDR read aloud Dickens' Christmas Carol, as he did to his own children and grandchildren every Christmas Eve.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY ELEANOR TO HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW on the half-title: "Johnny & Anne with love Eleanor Roosevelt (Mother)." Ladies of Courage describes the struggles of women to gain recognition in American public life. Page 263 describes a Christmas party hosted by John and Franklin, Jr. for children of women who belonged to unions affiliated with the Women's Trade Union League. At this party, FDR read aloud Dickens' Christmas Carol, as he did to his own children and grandchildren every Christmas Eve.