The time is coming when someone will have to attempt a balanced assessment of Eleanor Roosevelt; but who shall it be? Just about everybody is already on record with a strong opinion, pro or con. Is she, as her admirers contend, the First Lady of the World? Or is she merely, in Westbrook Pegler’s memorable phrase, an “indomitable old quack”? Probably we will have to let history have the last word—as it usually does. Meanwhile, Mrs. Roosevelt remains a fascinating problem for the analytically-minded.
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt. Harper, $6.95
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