The firebrand and the First Lady portrait of a friendship : Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the struggle for social justice
"Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did, taking stands for justice and freedom, "--NoveList.
| Main Author: | Bell-Scott, Patricia (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did, taking stands for justice and freedom, "--NoveList. |
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| Item Description: |
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: |
xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-434) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780679446521 (hardcover) 0679446524 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: |
PATRICIA BELL-SCOTT is professor emerita of women's studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. Her previous books include Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women, Flat-Footed Truths: Telling Black Women's Lives, and Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers & Daughters, which won the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize. She lives in Athens, Georgia, with her husband, Charles V. Underwood Jr. |