Becoming First Lady -- Public and private domains -- ER's revenge: Henrietta Nesbitt, head housekeeper -- Mobilizing the women's network: Friendships, press conferences, patronage -- ER's New Deal for women -- Family discord and the London Economic Conference -- Private times and reports from Germany -- Creating a new community -- Quest for racial justice -- Crusade to end lynching -- Private friendship, public time -- Negotiating the political rapids -- 1935: Promises and compromises -- Victories of summer, 1935 -- Mobilizing for new action -- Silence beyond repair -- Red scare and campaign strategies, 1936 -- Roosevelt hearth, after Howe -- Election of 1936 -- Post-election missions -- Second chance for the New Deal -- 1937: To build a new movement -- First Lady's survival: Work and run -- This is my story -- This troubled world, 1938 -- Race radicals, youth and hope -- Storms on every front.