The firebrand and the First Lady : portrait of a friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice / Patricia Bell-Scott.

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Title:

ISBN:

9780679446521

Personal Author:

Bell-Scott, Patricia

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Physical Description:

xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

General Note:

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Contents:

Prelude: Camp Tera -- Taking aim at the White House -- Bumping up against the law, 1940-42 -- Making friends with the First Lady, 1942-44 -- Standing up to life's challenges, 1944-45 -- Fashioning new lives, 1945-52 -- Drawing closer as friends, 1952-55 -- Fighting for a just world, 1956-59 -- Lighting the path for new activists, 1959-62 -- Speaking truth to the end, 1963-85.

Personal Subject:

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962-Friends and associates.

Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985-Friends and associates

Corporate Subject:

Episcopal Church -- Clergy -- Biography.

Subject Term:

Women social reformers--United States -- Biography

Presidents' spouses--United States -- Biography

African American women civil rights workers -- Biography

African American feminists -- Biography

African American intellectuals -- Biography

Female friendship--United States