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Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. I, 1884— 1933, by Blanche Wiesen Cook (Viking, 587 pp., $27.50)

TO QUALIFY as a feminist heroine a woman must meet three tests. She must have a successful career “in her own right”; she must be “assertive and aggressive”; and she must have a pre-, extra-, or non-marital sex life, preferably ambidextrous.

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. I, 1884— 1933, by Blanche Wiesen Cook (Viking, 587 pp., $27.50)

TO QUALIFY as a feminist heroine a woman must meet three tests. She must have a successful career “in her own right”; she must be “assertive and aggressive”; and she must have a pre-, extra-, or non-marital sex life, preferably ambidextrous.