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The Firebrand and the First Lady - by Patricia Bell-Scott (Paperback)

The Firebrand and the First Lady - by  Patricia Bell-Scott (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE -</b> <b>The riveting history of how Pauli Murray--a brilliant writer-turned-activist--and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America.</b> <p/><b>"A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt." --<i>Essence</i></b> <p/>In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><b>A Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Award for Excellence in Nonfiction -</b> <b>Nominated for the National Book Award -</b> <b>A <i>Washington Post </i>Notable Book -</b> <b>A <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, <i>Kirkus</i>, and <i>Booklist</i> Best Book of the Year -</b> <b><b>Lillian Smith Book Award</b> <b>- Finalist Georgia Author of the Year -</b> <b>Nominated Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award</b></b> <p/>"Masterful. . . . Powerful and important." --<i>Boston Globe<br></i><br>"Thorough and engaging . . . Our lives are richer for the accounting of their friendship in this important book." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>"Tremendous." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"[Written] with the grace, compassion and diligent attention to detail that characterized both of its principal subjects. . . . 'The Firebrand' is someone whose inspiration is sorely needed." --<i>USA Today</i> <p/> "A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt." --<i>Essence</i> <p/>"Bold, fast-paced, and vividly written, Patricia Bell-Scott's dual portrait of Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt significantly enhances the story of two luminous activists who learned much from each other across the color line." --Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of <i>Eleanor Roosevelt</i> I, II, and III <p/>"Extraordinary and inspiring." --<i>Shelf Awareness</i> <p/>"A fresh look at a fascinating friendship between two vivid individuals from very different worlds -- as well as a chronicle of the age-old conflict between the highest ideals and the art of the possible." --Geoffrey C. Ward, author of <i>The Roosevelts: An Intimate History</i> <p/>"A groundbreaking portrait . . . essential and edifying." --<i>Booklist</i> (starred review) <p/>"Should inspire all readers. Rarely has a friendship been dissected and analyzed with such verve and open-eyed compassion." --Wil Haygood, author of <i>Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America</i> <p/>"Deftly reveals two women's crucial involvement in the struggle for civil rights . . . An absorbing historical page-turner." --<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review) <p/>"The extraordinary life of Pauli Murray, activist, poet, teacher, priest and firebrand for all seasons, is beautifully detailed in Patricia Bell-Scott's book. . . . [Murray and Roosevelt's] history together reverberates today as the fight for equality continues, making this book important reading for all of us. --Jane Alexander, award winning actress <p/>"Bell-Scott shines a bright light on this significant relationship. A fresh look at Eleanor Roosevelt and a fascinating exploration of a cherished, mutually beneficial friendship." --<i>Kirkus Reviews, </i>(starred review) <p/>"What an exquisite book! Patricia Bell-Scott has done the painstaking research on two women who in many respects couldn't have been more different, but in at least one respect - their unique friendship--shared a passion for truth. . . . Patricia Bell-Scott has given us a book that will inspire and give hope to all who read it." --The Rt. Rev. Mary D. Glasspool, Bishop Suffragan, Diocese of Los Angeles. <p/>"Biography at its best: intimate while revealing of society in its time. Patricia Bell-Scott sees all, and her view is both engrossing and encouraging." --Nell Irvin Painter, author of <i>Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol<br></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>PATRICIA BELL-SCOTT</b> is professor emerita of women's studies and human development and family science at the University of Georgia. Her previous books include <i>Life Notes: Personal Writings by Contemporary Black Women, Flat-Footed Truths: Telling Black Women's Lives, </i>and <i>Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers & Daughters, </i> which won the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize. She lives in Athens, Georgia, with her husband, Charles V. Underwood Jr.</p>

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