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Schmidt, Shannon McKenna

The first lady of World War II : Eleanor Roosevelt's daring journey to the frontlines and back First lady of World War Two First lady of World War 2 Eleanor Roosevelt's daring journey to the frontlines and back Shannon McKenna Schmidt - Naperville, Illinois Sourcebooks 2023 - xv, 301 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.

"On August 27, 1943, news broke in the United States that First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was on the other side of the world. A closely guarded secret, she had left San Francisco aboard a military transport plane headed for the South Pacific to support and report the troops on WW2's front lines. Meanwhile, for those ten days, Americans had believed she was secluded at home. As Allied forces battled the Japanese for control of the region, Eleanor was THERE, spending five weeks traveling to islands in the area, as well as Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia, on a mission as First Lady of the United States to experience what our servicemen were experiencing... and report back home"--

ISBN: 9781728256610 1728256615

LCCN: 2022041194

Subjects--Personal Names:
Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962.
Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962 --Travel--Pacific Area.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War--Pacific Area.--1939-1945
War and society--History--Pacific Area--20th century.
Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.
Presidents' spouses.
Travel.
War and society.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Pacific Area.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:

LC Class. No.: E807.1.R48 / S36 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 973.917092 Sch 15