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Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons : The Lives Of Jennie Jerome Churchill And Sara Delano Roosevelt
—Gray, Charlotte, author.
2023

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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."-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN: 9781982141974

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  • 1 online resource
  • text file

Other Title: Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt

Notes:

  • Electronic book.
  • Electronic reproduction. New York Simon and Schuster 2023 Available via World Wide Web.

Contents:

  • Preface: The pageantry of power 1867
  • A gilded start. Jerome flings and flash 1854-1867 ; Delano decorum and discipline 1854-1870 ; High-spirited Jennie 1867-1873 ; Self-assured Sara 1870-1880
  • Courtship and marriage. Jennie's "very dangerous affair" 1873-1874 ; Toxic Churchill dynamics 1874-1880 ; Roosevelt harmony 1880-1890
  • Maternal bonds. Jennie's dream crumbles 1880-1886 ; Churchills: love and death 1887-1895 ; Sara's "dear, dear boy" 1890-1903
  • Making her own choices. Jennie: "no wire unpulled" 1895-1899 ; Jennie goes to war 1899-1901 ; Sara acquires a "daughter" 1901-1904 ; The ups and downs of Churchill marriages 1901-1912 ; Sara stays close 1904-1913
  • The final years. Jennie: "on the wrong side of the ladder" 1912-1918 ; Sara's old-fashioned values 1913-1919 ; Jennie's "best foot forward" 1918-1921 ; Sara: "our dear invalid" 1921-1931 ; Sara: America's matriarch 1931-1941
  • Afterword: After lives.

Control Number: 3297622

Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 2023.
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