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The Three Graces of Val-Kill : Eleanor Roosevelt, Marion Dickerman, and Nancy Cook in the Place They Made Their Own /

This title examines the most formative period in Eleanor Roosevelt's life, from 1922 to 1936, when she cultivated an intimate friendship with Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook, who helped her build a cottage on the Val-Kill Creek in Hyde Park on the Roosevelt family land. Wilson takes care to sho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wilson, Emily Herring (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The Hudson River Valley
  • New York City and the new woman
  • The decision to build the cottage
  • The family vacation
  • The love nest
  • The way they lived
  • Val-Kill as refuge
  • A gift for friendship
  • It's up to the women
  • Val-Kill industries
  • The Todhunter school
  • The white house
  • Arthurdale
  • Change comes to Val-Kill
  • Drifting apart and a tragic talk
  • An exchange of letters
  • Missing evidence
  • After the storm.