Eleanor in the Village: Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village | 
The tagged nonfiction book about Eleanor Roosevelt & her time living in Greenwich Village in 1920 is fascinating. I had no idea she lived there, nor did I have any idea of the deep effect this time had on her personally, socially & politically.
@kspenmoll so excited to start this I got cocoa heating up and my blanket ready -it‘s damp and dark, rainy and chilly and I‘ve gotten food out to some new young moms, fed my people and finished chores up … TIME TO READ!!! 💜💜💜💜
Thank you so much 😘
pickI am still processing & savoring this book about Eleanor R.,a person, my mother highly respected and adored as a role model for her daughters and herself. What is significant about Eleanor‘s time living in Greenwich Village is that she could be her authentic self.Its culture, its socially active people,it‘s artists,writers,& open, liberal,no judgment attitudes towards gender,the gay community & lifestyle,shaped the women activist & advocate for 🔽
Eleanor loaned the money to a close friend to buy the Todhunter school,a finishing & college prep school for women.She loved teaching there 3 days a week- the classics, & government,asking penetrating questions such as: What is the difference between civil and political history?” She took them on field trips to the tenements of NYC,a playhouse,the Women‘s Trade Union League.Her overall message: “Be Somebody. Be Yourself. Be All You Can Be.”🔽
Learning so much That I did not know about the incredible Eleanor R Roosevelt. Where did she get her energy???
“Eleanor often took refuge in Rock Creek Cemetary in Washington, sitting in front of a haunting statue of a tall, shrouded figure called Grief, also known as the Addams Memorial… The solitude of the cemetery afforded Eleanor the space to take charge of her life and her situation. For the rest of her life she went back to see Grief in times of trouble.” 🔽
