Genealogy Books - The Roosevelt Women

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Summary: A thoroughly engrossing read.
Comment: Betty Boyd Caroli gives equal and entertaining time to several generations of Roosevelt women who
were just as intelligent and strong-minded as their male counterparts (if not more so), even if they
didn't have the same career opportunities. This extremely well-written and thoughtful book fills a
long-neglected gap in the copious field of Rooseveltiana. Highly recommended to casual readers and
historians alike. More compelling as fact than most fiction you'll ever read.

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Summary: Trivial one-dimensional portraits
Comment: The book's treatment of most Roosevelt women is trivial and one-dimensional. For example: Mittie =
Southern Bell. Sara = haughty Brahmin dowager. Eleanor = do-gooder. And so forth. I gleaned
absolutely no new insight from this work. NOTHING. Now I realize why Publishers Weekly gave it
such an awful review.

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Summary: THE ROOSEVELT WOMEN reads like a good novel.
Comment: I've just finished a wonderful book which I'd like to recommend to anyone interested in a good read.
Betty Boyd Caroli's, THE ROOSEVELT WOMEN, reads like a good novel. It's filled with interesting
stories, enticing gossip, and legendary women, - all combined with good history. Although I was
familiar with Eleanor Roosevelt's story, I must admit that I knew very little about most of the
Roosevelt women Ms. Caroli introduced me to. These aunts and cousins were role models for Eleanor -
women who traveled the world, wrote books, served in state legislatures, even addressed the
Republican National Convention - all while raising families and running large households. If you
want some insight into the lives of the women in this very special American family, this is the
book for you.

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Summary: A splendid history of selected Roosevelt women.
Comment: What a delightful book. While Caroli's title, "The Roosevelt Women", could cover as many talented
women as there are rabbits, she has elected to portray those she found most interesting.
Roosevelt-philes, including relatives, may resent her exclusion of some members of the clan they
deem of more importance than those who appear as subjects of the book. Inclusion of all would
have meant a computer-like scrolling and a Britannica compendium. As written, her subjects have
personae made relevant to her modern readers. Good for Caroli.

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Summary: This book brings the Roosevelt women alive.
Comment: I wasn't expecting to like this book. The Roosevelt women I knew about, like Eleanor, seemed too
wealthy and upper class to interest me. However, once I started reading (at a friend's
recommendation), I was drawn into each of these Roosevelt women's stories. The history and politics
in the book were easy to grasp, and everything that happened in the lives of the women discussed
was made vivid and dramatic by the author. I wish I could sit down with her and have a cup of
coffee and hear about the parts she left out.

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