Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons
The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description: xxiii, 403 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
"The stories of Sara Delano and Jennie Jerome, before and after birthing their sons, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, consecutively."-- Provided by publisher.
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.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 1854-1941.
Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers of prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Roosevelt, Sara Delano, 1854-1941.
Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers of prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781982141967
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Women Gra | Southeast | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references and index.