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"The stories of Sara Delano and Jennie Jerome, before and after birthing their sons, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, consecutively."--
Born into upper-class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano and Jennie Jerome refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. In the mid-19th century, the industrial vigor of the United States of America was catapulting the republic towards the Gilded Age. Sara and Jennie, raised with privilege but subject to the constraints of women's roles at the time, learned how to take control of their destinies: Sara in the prosperous Hudson Valley, and Jennie in the glittering world of Imperial London. A vivacious extrovert, Jennie married Lord Randolph Churchill; her deft maneuvering helped not only her husband but, once she was widowed, her son, Winston. Deeply conventional Sara Delano married a man as old as her father, but once widowed helped Franklin, her only child, acquire the skills he needed to become a successful politician. Gray argues that Jennie and Sara are remarkable individuals who were key in shaping the characters of the sons who adored them-- and in preparing them for leadership on the world stage. -- adapted from jacket. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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During the Boer War, she outfitted a hospital ship and sailed on it to South Africa. When the British wanted it to return home loaded with wounded, she fought and won to keep it in South Africa to treat soldiers as was originally intended.
Both Jennie and Sara were born in the United States in the same year but went on to live their lives very differently. Sara Delano Roosevelt lived a very proper life focused on preserving her family's reputation and supporting her son Franklin so he could reach his potential. She and her famous daughter-in-law clashed frequently and biographers of Eleanor have frequently painted a negative picture of FDR's mother.
Author Gray wanted to correct the story of both these women explaining their strengths and their importance to their sons' contributions to the 20th Century. ( )