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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wilson, Emily Herring (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
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Table des matières:
  • 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.