The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
Book paper must be 6 – 8 pages, not including bibliography or an optional title page, and double spaced using no larger than 11 point font. Your paper must contain a bibliography on a separate page (MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, etc.)
Roosevelt, Eleanor. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt.New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2014. ISBN: 978 – 0-06-235591-1
Autobiography of the highly influential First Lady
Paper Topic: How did Eleanor Roosevelt use the circumstances she found herself in, particularly her proximity to the presidency, to exert political influence? In your view, was she effective in achieving her goals? What were those goals?
Additional Recommended Sources:
Cook, Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Defining Years, 1933 – 1938. New
York: Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN-10: 0140178945
Goodwin, Doris Kearns. No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. New York: Simeon & Schuster, 1995. ISBN-10: 0684804484