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A 5 page paper which provides an overview and interpretation of a historical biography, and includes the author’s purpose, the specifics covered, presented view of American history, consideration of controversy, evaluates whether or not the book departs from typical textbook insights, ideas and concepts introduced, opinion of the book and what it can teach about American political, economic and social spheres, and concludes by assessing how the book assists in shaping one’s view of American history. No additional sources are used.
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of the book and what it can teach about American political, economic and social spheres, and concludes by assessing how the book assists in shaping ones view of American history.
No additional sources are used. TGelroos.rtf A Consideration of J. William T. Youngs Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life by Tracy Gregory, November 2001
-- properly! Many words have been written about Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the thirty-second President of the United
States, and yet despite the fact that she continues to regarded as "virtually an American saint... the person whom many regard as the greatest American woman of the twentieth century"
(13), she remains largely an enigma. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt? J. William T. Youngs, a professor of History at Eastern Washington University, considered the many sides of this
multifaceted woman in his 1985 biography, Eleanor Roosevelt: A Personal and Public Life. Youngs did not approach his subject as an American treasure, to be admired only from a
distance. His purpose was to closely examine the life of a very private woman in order to develop a sense of not only who she was as a person,
but to also put her contributions and her legacy into a proper perspective. The book details specifics of Eleanor Roosevelts life both in and out of the spotlight, and
provides much of the information that can be found in any biography, such as dates, family background, and achievements. However, Youngs also speculates upon her thoughts, her hopes and
her dreams, in order to gain a better understanding as to what drove this indefatigable woman to constantly explore new horizons. Much of the book is devoted to
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