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This 6 page paper summarizes three chapters of Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, "No Ordinary Time," about the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the life at home during WWII. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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paper summarizes three chapters from the book. Discussion The impression the reader gets from the book is that Goodwin skips around a bit, moving from one subject to the next
in the order in which they interest her, rather than following some sort of chronology. Well see if there is a pattern as we explore the text. But it must
be said that Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are such fascinating people that anything about them holds the reader. The chapter begins with a discussion of Missy LeHand, who was FDRs
private secretary and also allegedly his mistress for 20 years. Missy had what we might call a "mini-stroke" at a White House function; it presaged a much more severe stroke
several weeks later. FDR went to see her frequently, always coming to her room with a smile on his face and cheery anecdotes to tell her. This apparently didnt sit
well with others, who believe that FDR was either much less fond of her than was thought at the time; or that he couldnt handle being around someone seriously ill;
or that he was essentially a cold and unfeeling man. Kearns presents these possibilities for us to consider but doesnt suggest that any of them is correct, or more likely
than the others. It may be that they are all true. However, FDR did change his will to leave half of his fortune to Missy, anticipating that she probably hadnt
saved enough money to pay her medical bills; when it became apparent that she was never going to recover fully, this bequest becomes much more than a gesture, it is
a way for her to survive, and indicates that FDR was genuinely fond of her, not cold as some suggest. Since he was paralyzed himself, it may be that the
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