ISBN: 0822546752 9780822546757

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / General

Page count: 48

The History Maker Bios series offers introductions to the lives of historical figures found in the core of every history curriculum. Each fascinating true story is filled with illustrations, photographs, artwork, historically accurate caricatures, little-know facts, and more. Best known as the wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt was deeply involved in politics. She used her influence and position as First Lady to promote the issues she felt were most important--unemployment, civil rights, women's rights, and world peace.