Reviews for Eleanor Roosevelt's My day

The average rating for Eleanor Roosevelt's My day based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-17 00:00:00 Riki Rikardi Although these essays were written 70 years ago, it's amazing how relevant some of the My Day columns seem. Each of the entries included here are introduced with a brief paragraph or two to lend context or background, which is helpful. Ans some of her columns talk about family doings or general home life. But Eleanor Roosevelt rarely stayed away from politics for long, and she was incredibly smart and insightful. And her views are still relevant. Did you know that President Harry Truman had tried to get Universal Healthcare passed during his presidency? It turns out that all those World War II GIs and their wives rather liked having easily accessible, affordable healthcare, and wanted it to continue. Apparently an original form of the bill included money for the education and training of doctors, too. Here is Mrs. Roosevelt on why she thought universal healthcare was a good idea (and still is): "If (the plan) is to be put in operation, of course, the new administration will have to study it and decide whether it is the best way that we can be sure to give all out people, as a basic human right, health services - free if need be for a few, and for all at very moderate cost. This was of course going to be expensive, so there's this: "When we look at the loss to industry on account of neglected illness and the loss to the country because of neglect in this area of health among our children we realize that if this plan would actually meet the actual health needs of the country it would pay us many times to put it into operation." She also took on critics of her husband and his "New Deal" programs, which some people considered "socialist schemes" that would make people dependent on the government. "The people whose farms were saved, the people who did not lose their homes, the people who found work on government projects until the factories could begin to open again - all these people were not made dependent. They were simply kept from revolution against our government. When you stand in line in the street for a cup of coffee, you rarely feel that your government is a successful one. I would like those who feel that the people of the United States have been rendered soft and dishonest by the things the government has done for them to remember that there were a good many part of this country in 1933 where a revolution could have been engineered by almost any enterprising person. And that condition was brought about by the conservative, orthodox business methods that prevailed under the experienced men of business under President Herbert Hoover and his very able Cabinet." So - I'm still a big fan of Eleanor Roosevelt. She's still definitely invited to my "Amazing Women" dinner party.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-18 00:00:00 Dexter Ingram I have read many biographies of Eleanor Roosevelt. I really enjoyed hearing her own thoughts as expressed through her My Day columns. She was intelligent, compassionate and tireless in promoting justice, equality and her vision of what was best for the United States and the world.